Enid March for Babies
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Registration at 9 am; walk begins at 10 am
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Convention Hall, 301 S. Independence, Enid, OK 73701
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March for Babies, the March of Dimes largest fundraiser, helps fund lifesaving research and educational programs aimed at helping moms have healthy babies. Last year in Enid, more than $97,000 was raised. Premature birth is the leading cause of newborn death in this country.
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One in nine of our babies here in Enid and surrounding communities are born premature, and that’s just not acceptable. Sign up today at www.marchforbabies.org and start a team with co-workers, family or friends. Thank you to Enid Event Center and Convention Hall for hosting our event!
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March of Dimes Ponca City Run for Babies
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Registration at 7:30; 5K starts at 8:30; 1 miles fun run/walk starts at 9 am
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Lake Ponca Swim Beach, 1 Checkstand Road, Ponca City, OK 74604
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A baby’s first steps are one of the most precious moments in life, and the March of Dimes believes every baby deserves a healthy first step. Join the First Annual Run for Babies to be held in Ponca City for the first time in conjunction with the nation’s most loved walking event, March for Babies. Run for Babies is a sanction 5K and 1 mile fun run/walk around the scenic view of Lake Ponca. Go to active.com and get registered!
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For more event information contact: Stephanie Soucek @ 278-2921 or ssoucek@marchofdimes.org
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The March of Dimes occupies a unique place in the history of the United States. The name dates back to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s personal struggle with polio and his growing alarm at the decades of worsening polio epidemics that killed or paralyzed thousands of American children every year.
In 1938, FDR issued a proclamation creating the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (as polio was then known). Comedian and radio personality Eddie Cantor was charged with organizing a fundraising strategy for the new foundation. He made an on-air appeal to the nation to help President Roosevelt fund a cure for polio by contributing dimes for the cause and sending them directly to the White House. Cantor called the fundraiser “The March of Dimes,” playing on a popular newsreel feature of that era called “The March of Time”. Within weeks, millions of dimes flooded the White House.
The March of Dimes campaign proved to be so successful that eventually the entire organization adopted the name of its fundraising phenomenon. Today, the March of Dimes, now known as March For Babies, is the leading nonprofit organization for pregnancy and baby health. With chapters nationwide, the March of Dimes works to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.
March For Babies - funded researchers created the first safe and effective vaccines for epidemic polio, and we haven’t stopped defending the health of babies since. The March For Babies has pioneered genetic research, promoted the B vitamin folic acid to prevent birth defects, fought for lifesaving newborn screening tests, and initiated the regional system of newborn infant care units (NICUs) – and so much more. The March For Babies continues to do all it can to give every baby a healthy start in life.
Learn more at www.marchforbabies.org.
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