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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.
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.
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.
Ontario March of Dimes (OMOD) began in 1951 as the Canadian Foundation of Poliomyelitis, which funded research and provided medical and rehabilitation services to people with polio. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As new vaccines reduced the threat from this disease, the organization changed its mandate to focus on services for people with physical disabilities ...
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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 ...
St. Louis Blues left winger Dylan Holloway was taken away from the rink in a stretcher on Tuesday after taking a puck to the throat. The team announced he was subsequently taken to a hospital and ...
John Harrison Finger was born on November 24, 1915, in Hartsville, South Carolina, to John Pinkney and Mary Jane (Meekins) Finger.He was the 6th of 10 children. The family moved around a lot because his father was a heavy drinker and therefore had a hard time holding a job.