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Buckingham Fountain to be turned on Thursday
The Chicago Park District will turn on Buckingham Fountain for its 86th season on Thursday, the district announced today. The fountain, a memorial to Clarence Buckingham, was donated to the South Park Commission by his sister, Kate Buckingham, cost...
Tags: Chicago Park District, Buckingham Fountain, Sears Holdings Corp.
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BRIEF: March for Babies Takes Place This Weekend
The Times-News, Twin Falls, IdahoThe March of Dimes, one of the nation's leaders in pregnancy and infant health, is hosting a March for Babies event in Twin Falls on Saturday, May 4. Premature birth is an urgent infant health problem in America. According to March of Dimes, it's the...Tags: Infant and Toddler Health, Premature Birth
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YWCA celebrates empowered women
The Evening Sun, Hanover, Pa.The first woman elected to the Hanover Borough Council is being recognized for her hard work with nine other area women. Charlotte Miller began her teaching career in Hanover as a history teacher. After she retired in 1976, she became the first woman...Tags: U.S. Air Force, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Personal Service, Sales
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Families of prematurely born children reunite with Children's Mercy staff
The Kansas City StarThe sight of little Will Risetter's rosy, chubby cheeks was irresistible. Kristin Voos, a physician of the once-precariously premature child, smiled and beamed with pride. Months ago, Will was a patient at the neonatal intensive-care nursery unit at...Tags: General Practitioners, Nursing, Hospitals and Clinics, Respiratory Disease, Medical Specialization
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More Than 4,000 Walk For March Of Dimes At Rentschler Field
The March of Dimes has raised $328,000 to date thanks in part to over 4,000 residents who participated in a fundraiser Sunday morning at Rentschler field. The ongoing March for Babies event includes nine walk fundraisers in Connecticut split between the...
Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Premature Birth, Birth Defects, Aetna Inc., Cigna Corporation
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Coin collection at Potomac Heights benefits March of Dimes
A coin collection organized by school health personnel at Potomac Heights Elementary School, with support from Meritus Health, recently generated $832.06, which was donated to the March of Dimes. The students in the classroom of Jamie Smith, which is...
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Walkers turn out for March for Babies
The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind.Jennifer Walker was 29 weeks into her pregnancy when her twin sons, Justin and Jonathon, were born prematurely. Justin weighed 2 lbs. 8 oz., while Jonathon weighed 2 lbs. 14 oz. The twins spent 108 days in neonatal intensive care -- the first week...Tags: Infant and Toddler Health, Premature Birth, Twins, Health and Medical Professionals, Nursing
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March of Dimes fosters healthy pregnancies
alnotarianni@aol.comTerri Shoemaker had heard of March of Dimes. She knew a little about the organization, she said, but not enough to think about supporting it. Then 20 years ago, her son, Kelton Miller, was born five weeks early. “He was 6 and a half pounds. He...Tags: Premature Birth, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Vaccines, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Pneumonia
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Former March of Dimes poster child comes back to Memphis for organization's 75th anniversary
Commercial AppealDiagnosed with polio when she was 4 months old, Mary Kosloski-Garrett became a symbol of success. A Collierville native, she's lived a life that some could only dream of. In 1955, she became the national poster child for the March of Dimes and was...Tags: Premature Birth, Ceremonies, Birth Defects, Drugs and Medicines, Dwight D. Eisenhower
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The Roanoke Times, Va., Shoptimist column
The Roanoke Times, Va.Spring is here and that means your opportunities to shop are even more plentiful. Yard sales, flea markets, sidewalk sales and open houses are popping up everywhere. Locally, you can count on a few big events year after year and new prospects to explore...Tags: Kentucky Fried Chicken, J. Crew, Human Interest, Sales, Business
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Nearly 300 walk at Martinsburg War Memorial Park for March of Dimes' March for Babies
richardb@herald-mail.comTara Viands joined a parade of nearly 300 people who walked a three-mile loop around War Memorial Park on Saturday morning to raise money for the March of Dimes’ March for Babies. “I walked because my daughters can’t walk,” said...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics, Human Interest, Wars and Interventions
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Top of Utah stores helping March of Dimes with fundraiser
Standard-Examiner, Ogden, UtahWith nearly half a million babies in this country, one in nine in Utah still being born too soon each year, Associated Retail Operations (Macey's, Fresh Market, Dan's, Lin's and Dick's Markets) has the goal of fundraising $44,000 for the March of Dimes....Tags: Marketing
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