21,000 Join in New York March for Infant Health
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NEW YORK —
About 21,000 New Yorkers donned white and green caps Sunday and marched nearly 19 miles in the annual WalkAmerica benefit for the March of Dimes. About 600,000 people nationwide joined marches expected to raise a record $42 million for the fight against congenital defects, organization president Charles Massey said.
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