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March of Dimes is a United States nonprofit organization that works to improve the health of mothers and babies. [1] The organization was founded by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938, as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, to combat polio.
Based on the popularity and results of the first Mothers' March on Polio in Phoenix, the March of Dimes adopted the concept, launching a nationwide campaign in 1951. [3] The organization rolled out training videos and instructions for local chapters to replicate the formula that had led to the Phoenix mothers' success.
March for Babies, formerly known as WalkAmerica, is a charitable walking event sponsored by the March of Dimes. It began in 1970 as the first charitable walking event in the United States. [1] The name was changed after the 2007 event. March for Babies is held yearly in 1,100 communities across the nation.
The foundation was reconstituted as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, [1] founded by Roosevelt on January 3, 1938. The nationwide President's Birthday Ball of 1938 was dubbed "the March of Dimes " by radio star Eddie Cantor , and in time it became the foundation's official name. [ 4 ]
Gamma Sigma Sigma (ΓΣΣ) is a national service sorority founded on October 12, 1952, at Beekman Tower in New York City.It partners with charitable organizations such as March of Dimes, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, American Cancer Society, and Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation. [1]
Byoir continued to lead a few other public relation campaigns but his next notable campaign was with the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration planning many charity balls for the President and helping establishing the March of Dimes foundation.
The March of Dimes defines a maternity care desert as a county that has no hospitals or birth centers offering obstetric care and no obstetric providers. [1] [2] As of 2020 March of Dimes classified 1095 of 3139 of U.S. counties (34.9%) as maternity care deserts. [3]
1996, the March of Dimes Foundation created an annual $250,000 cash "Prize" to outstanding biologists as a tribute to Salk. [ 61 ] 2006, the United States Postal Service issued a 63-cent Distinguished Americans series postage stamp in his honor.