Healthy Babies Are Worth The Wait Back in August of 2011 we rallied together 17 Oregon hospitals to put a hard stop on elective, non-medically necessary inductions and c-sections before 39 weeks. Every birthing hospital in the Portland metro area came onboard, a joint effort so unusual it garnered national (and international) press. Then we [...]
Archive for the ‘March of Dimes’ Category
The Oregon Perinatal Collaborative launches, thanks to The Regence Foundation!
Posted in Facts and Figures, In the News, March of Dimes, Our Partners, prematurity, tagged 39 weeks, c-sections, hospitals, March of Dimes, Oregon, premature birth, the regence foundation on February 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Birthday FDR!
Posted in March of Dimes, Facts and Figures, tagged March of Dimes, FDR, happy birthday, Franklin on January 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Today is a special day here at March of Dimes. Our founder, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was born on this day in 1882. Did you know FDR was: the first president to speak on television the first president to have a presidential aircraft. in office longer than any other president the first president whose mother [...]
March of Dimes funded OHSU discovery may lead to new treatment for Rett Syndrome
Posted in Birth Defects, Facts and Figures, In the News, March of Dimes, Our Partners, Research, tagged babies, March of Dimes, OHSU, research, rett syndrome on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to the brilliant scientists working on this research; which is funded in part by March of Dimes. On behalf of mothers and babies everywhere, we thank you! From HealthCanal: Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have discovered that a molecule critical to the development and plasticity of nerve cells – brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) [...]
March of Dimes picked as one of First Indy’s Ready2Give partners!
Posted in Facts and Figures, March of Dimes, Our Partners, tagged babies, bank, first independent, March of Dimes, matching funds on January 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We are pleased as punch to be one of the 7 non-profits chosen to partner with First Independent Bank for their Ready2Give program. What does this mean? For a limited time you can double your giving power. Now through February 29th, every dollar you donate to March of Dimes Greater Oregon Chapter through our Causes page will [...]
Healthier babies: brought to you by Tim Campbell
Posted in Facts and Figures, March of Dimes, March of Dimes Event, Our Partners, Our Volunteers, tagged babies, lane county, March of Dimes, premature birth, Signature Chefs, tim campbell on January 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We can all look forward to healthier babies, thanks to Tim Campbell. Tim chaired the 2011 Lane County Signature Chefs Auction and did a bang-up job of it! Under his leadership, the event jumped in revenue from $25,000 in 2010 to over $55,000 in 2011! And he doubled the attendance. All in the name of babies. You see, Tim has a passion [...]
U.S. preterm birth rate under 12 percent for the first time in nearly a decade
Posted in Facts and Figures, In the News, March of Dimes, prematurity, Prematurity Awareness, tagged preterm birth rates, world prematurity day on November 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We’re thrilled to celebrate the fourth consecutive decline in our nation’s preterm birth rate while we recognize the first-ever World Prematurity Day and honor the 13 million babies worldwide who are born too soon. The nation’s preterm birth rate slipped under 12 percent for the first time in nearly a decade, the fourth consecutive year [...]
Tomorrow is WORLD Prematurity Awareness Day!
Posted in Baby Talk, March of Dimes, Our Partners, prematurity, Prematurity Awareness, tagged March of Dimes, world prematurity awarenss day on November 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow is the first WORLD Prematurity Awareness Day! To go global, March of Dimes is partnering with Little Big Souls in Africa, National Premmie Foundation in Australia and EFCNI in Europe with events held in Nigeria, Europe, Australia, and US. Yep, it’s a pretty big deal. Want to help us raise some awareness? Here’s what you can do: go [...]
Eat pasta, help babies
Posted in March of Dimes, Our Partners, tagged March of Dimes, pasta, pastini on November 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Be sure you tell them you’re eating out for March of Dimes!
Early identification of tiny brain injuries in the preterm infant is now possible
Posted in Facts and Figures, In the News, March of Dimes, Research, tagged developing brain, high magnetic field strength MRI, March of Dimes, OHSU on November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
More of March of Dimes research dollars are paying off in the quest to improve the health of all babies. And they’re paying off right here in our chapter. Pediatric neuroscientists at Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children’s Hospital are the first to use high magnetic field strength MRI to reveal tiny white matter injuries [...]
Love March of Dimes? Looking for part-time work? Have we got the job for you!
Posted in March of Dimes, tagged family teams, job, March of Dimes on November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Have you ever thought of joining the ranks of one of Working Mother Magazine’s 100 Best Companies to work for? Here’s your chance! The Great Oregon Chapter of March of Dimes is looking for a temporary part-time person to be our 2012 March for Babies Family Team Specialist in the Portland/Vancouver area. Could that be [...]
