If you've been reading INO for at least a year, you know of the problems I had with my last pregnancies. For two months, I was hospitalized with the fear that my body would go into to early labor and potentially lose my little Liam. Luckily, in the end, I gave birth to a full term baby. But there are moms out there who need a bit more support and the March of Dimes has been around for decades doing just that. While attending this year's BlogHer Business conference, I met someone from the organization who let me know of their current initiative. Sherri Shepard, Eli Manning and Tom Bergeron (from Dancing with the Stars) are all lending their celebrity to help promote the event.
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March for Babies will be held the last weekend in April in hundreds of communities nationwide.
This year, several celebrities have given their support to the March of Dimes work to help moms and babies those born healthy as well as those who need help to survive and thrive.
Tom Bergeron, host of Dancing with the Stars, returns as the 2008 March for Babies national spokesman. Sherri Shepherd, co-host of The View, is the celebrity chairwoman of the Los Angeles March for Babies, while New York Giants Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Eli Manning will serve as the New York City celebrity chairman.
Formerly called WalkAmerica, the 39th annual fundraising walk was renamed to draw a clear connection to what the March of Dimes is all about stronger, healthier babies. March for Babies participants, nearly a half million in 2007, walk for many reasons; some in memory of a child lost to premature birth, some to spare others the problems they faced, others simply because they believe that the March of Dimes work in communities nationwide helps give every baby a healthy start in life.
For more information, please visit March for Babies.