FORT WAYNE – Parkview Women’s and Children’s Hospital has been selected to receive a grant from the March of Dimes. The funds, distributed through Anthem Foundation, Inc., will be used to support the Parkview Health Centering Pregnancy project in Allen County. These efforts are working to educate and … Read More
FORT WAYNE — The March of Dimes is pleased to announce that Kristi Geiger recently been promoted to the position of Executive Director of Market Development.
Read MoreFORT WAYNE — Planning for your pregnancy is one of the most important steps you can take to give your baby a healthy start in life, health experts say, and the New Year is a great time to start developing good health habits.
Read MoreBy MELANIE KELLOGG Community Director, March of Dimes Mark your calendar for the Kosciusko-Whitley March for Babies with the March of Dimes on Sunday, May 3, at the Winona Lake Park in Winona Lake. March of Dimes, the leading nonprofit organization for maternal and infant health, has worked … Read More
By CHASE WAGNER The seven-year improving trend in Indiana’s preterm birth rate helped give more babies a healthy start in life and contributed to the improvement in the national rate. Indiana’s preterm birth rate was 11 percent in 2013, down from 13.2 in 2006, the year the national … Read More
Fort Wayne – The Northeast Division of the Indiana Chapter of the March of Dimes is pleased to advance infant health in Fort Wayne by making a $1,100 amount contribution in community award grants available to support local programs that share the organizations work to give all babies … Read More
A few dollars given individually might not seem like much, but through many such small acts of generosity, Kmart’s Shop Your WaySM members, customers and associates have donated an unprecedented $11 million this year to the March of Dimes annual March for Babies® to give more babies a … Read More
On Sunday, May 4, at Winona Lake Park, over 200 community members from Kosciusko and Whitley counties will join together in support of all babies by participating in the March of Dimes March for Babies event. Registration for the walk starts at 2 p.m. with the walk beginning … Read More
The March of Dimes Mission Possible annual March for Babies event is set for Saturday, May 5, in Winona Lake and volunteers are needed to make the event a success. The mission of the March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing premature birth, … Read More
Ellie and her parents understand firsthand the enormous emotional toll premature birth takes on a family. Weighing only 4 pounds at birth, no one knew if Ellie would survive. She did, and lives a very healthy life with little reminder of being born 4 weeks early. As a … Read More
This weekend’s weather may have put a damper on many spring activities, but one community event proved that April 20 was a sunny day for babies as 150 participants joined together to help give every baby a healthy start. The total raised by Kosciusko and Whitley counties for … Read More
This weekend’s weather forecast may put a damper on many spring activities but one community event proves that every March for Babies day is a sunny day for babies. Thousands of participants will join together Saturday to help give every baby a healthy start at any of the … Read More
The March of Dimes will be holding its annual fundraiser on Saturday, April 20, to raise funds to support prenatal wellness programs, research grants, neonatal intensive care unit family support programs and advocacy efforts for stronger, healthier babies. The March for Babies 5K in Warsaw is Saturday, April … Read More
On Feb. 6 at Ivy Tech Community College in Warsaw, families and business leaders will join together to Kick off the 2013 Warsaw March for Babies campaign — the March of Dimes fundraiser to help all babies to be born healthy and to help those who need help … Read More
Infant Milla Michelle Teel passed away Friday, May 4, 2012 at Kosciusko Community Hospital of Warsaw. The parents are Kevin and Heather (Harger) Teel of Warsaw. Milla had siblings Camdyn, Lillian and Dominic Teel, all of Warsaw and grandparents Todd and Michelle Cooksey, Milan, Ind., and Kwan Teel, … Read More
