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A striking March of Dimes poster greeted participants attending the 2014 kick-off event. Next to it, left to right, are Community Director Angele Price, Darke County Chair Shawn Daugherty and Division Director Jackie Allen.

  

March of Dimes 2014 goal is $110,000
By Bob Robinson

GREENVILLE – The goal for the March of Dimes’ 75th anniversary is $110,000 in Darke County. Greenville Federal’s Shawn Daugherty, 2014 Darke County Chair, said Darke County raised $100,000 last year; he planned to exceed it this year.

The 2014 campaign kickoff took place Oct. 17 at St. Clair Manor, with March of Dimes Division Director Jackie Allen and Community Director Angele Price providing background about the organization, the needs, successes and how local participants can help.

One in nine babies is born premature. With medical expenses, hospital stays and other expenses this represents a $26.2 billion cost to society. Every week in Ohio 2,902 babies are born; 382 are born too soon and 254 are born too small. Twenty two babies die before their first birthday.

March of Dimes volunteer efforts have helped provide advancements such as ultrasound technology and newborn screenings. The money raised in Darke County is used in Darke County.

Daugherty suggested company teams were a successful way to promote the Annual March for Babies, which will take place in April.

These are typically employee driven,” he said. “And there is usually little or no cost to the employer.”

Allen talked about family teams, and family and friend teams. The event raises money for the March of Dimes but the most important part is “We had fun!”

As in the 2013 event, the ‘Walk’ will start at the Darke County Fairgrounds on April 26. Registration is 8 a.m.; the Walk begins at 9 a.m. It is a 5-mile walk, although there will also be a family-friendly 1-mile route. The post event celebration will have food, music and a Kid Zone.

The top teams in 2013 were Greenville Technology Inc. and Midmark Corporation, although several employers throughout the county took part in the event. Darke County Municipal Judge Julie Monnin coordinated the 300 county employees composing the ‘Darke to Lite’ team. Mississinawa Valley Elementary School had a team as well.

Nationwide the March of Dimes ‘March for Babies’ has been the organization’s main fundraising event since 1970 and has raised $2 billion. November is Prematurity Awareness Month while Nov. 17 has been designated Prematurity Awareness Day.

Published courtesy of The Early Bird

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Angele Price and Jackie Allen sit behind Shawn Daugherty in the chair they gave him for last year’s successful campaign.
 

 
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