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Their Mission
Our mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. We carry
out this mission through research, community services, education and advocacy to save babies' lives. March of Dimes researchers,
volunteers, educators, outreach workers and advocates work together to give all babies a fighting chance against the threats
to their health: prematurity, birth defects, low birthweight.
What is the March of Dimes?
The March of Dimes is the nonprofit health organization that is leading the way in the fight to defeat premature birth. Its
mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects and infant mortality. Founded in 1938, the March of
Dimes funds programs of research, community services, education, and advocacy to save babies and in 2003 launched a five-year,
$75 million campaign to address the increasing rate of premature birth.
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