Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In 2001, the March of Dimes introduced a family support program for those with babies in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). [28] The program seeks to educate NICU staff to communicate effectively with patients' families. [29] [30] The March of Dimes hosted the Symposium on Quality Improvement to Prevent Prematurity in October 2009.
Started by women in the 1950s, the event became a staple in the March of Dimes' fundraising efforts and generated funding that helped to support Dr. Jonas Salk's research leading to a polio vaccine. [1] This mass action has been credited as a model for subsequent marches of mothers against nuclear testing and for environmental protection. [2]
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]
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.
President Nixon with Peter Helteme, 1971 Easter Seal Child and family. Easterseals (formerly known as Easter Seals; [1] founded in 1919 as the National Society for Crippled Children) [2] is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing disability services, with additional support areas serving veterans and military families, seniors, and caregivers.
Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty. Naya Rivera and Ryan Dorsey attend the March Of Dimes Celebration Of Babies Luncheon on December 4, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.
March 15. World Consumer Rights Day. March 16. National Corn Dog Day. March 17. Evacuation Day. Saint Patrick's Day. World Sleep Day. March 18. National Biodiesel Day. Awkward Moments Day. March ...
The modern March of Dimes focuses on preventing premature births, congenital disabilities, and infant mortality. [17] Because he founded the March of Dimes, a dime was chosen to honor Roosevelt after his death. The Roosevelt dime was issued on January 30, 1946. [18] [19]