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March of Dimes Canada (MODC), officially the Rehabilitation Foundation for Disabled Persons, Canada is a registered national charity established in 2005 by Ontario March of Dimes. MODC aims to provide community-based rehabilitation services and resources across the country to people with physical disabilities.
The organization officially changed its name to Ontario March of Dimes in 1973, and gradually expanded to include other service areas such as recreational activities, advocacy and supportive housing. It reconnected to its origins in 1985 by creating a chapter-based support and information network for people experiencing post-polio syndrome , or ...
Kenneth A. May is the former CEO of FedEx Office, and chairman of the March of Dimes' board of trustees. In November 2011, he was appointed president of Krispy Kreme, and later in July 2014, May became President and CEO of Topgolf International, Inc. In November 2018, May joined golf entertainment company, Drive Shack Inc. as CEO.
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 President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938, as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, to combat polio. The name "March of Dimes" was coined by Eddie Cantor.
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The section March_of_Dimes#The_fight_against_polio leads one to believe that the March of Dimes was key to eliminating polio. While this may be true, what an encyclopedia is supposed to do is find is reliable, third-party, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy that would analyze the organization's work and impact.
Between 1951 and 1955, contributions to March of Dimes doubled to $250 million, which the organization's fundraising department attributed to the nationwide introduction of the Mothers' March on Polio calling the campaign, "the single greatest activity in the entire March of Dimes." [2] The Mothers' March on Polio mobilized millions, increased ...
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