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 [...]
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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 »
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 [...]
Nurse of the Year Chair, Dr. Joe Robertson, one of Portland’s 50 Most Influential
Posted in March of Dimes Event, Our Partners, tagged dr robertson, joe robertson, nurse, nurse of the year, OHSU, portland monthly on January 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We’d like to give a shout out to Dr. Joe Roberston, President of OHSU, for making Portland Monthly’s list of the 50 Most Influential Portlanders! Way to go, Joe! Dr. Robertson was the 2011 Chair for our inaugural Oregon Nurse of the Year awards. And much to our delight, he’s coming back as 2012 Oregon [...]
Portland Signature Chefs raises over $115,000 for babies!
Posted in Facts and Figures, March of Dimes Event, Our Partners, tagged March of Dimes, Oregon, Portland, Signature Chefs on December 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It was another fabulous Signature Chefs event this year in Portland! We raised even more than last year, with over 320 people in attendance the delicious event brought in $115,207 to help babies get a healthy start in life. Our evening’s “winners” will enjoy a trip to New York, a cocktail party for 30 of [...]
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!
“Doin’ Time” in Corvallis
Posted in Facts and Figures, March of Dimes, March of Dimes Event, Our Partners, tagged babies, Jail and Bail, March of Dimes, woodstock's pizza on November 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Doin’ time in Corvallis is great fun. Well, probably only if you were serving a one-day sentence for babies. Yesterday a bunch of do-gooders put themselves behind bars to help us with our mission of improving the health of babies. One such character was jailbird Joan, seen here with her accomplices: hubby and baby Betsy. They turned themselves in, [...]
March of Dimes Volunteer Leadership Conference 2011
Posted in Facts and Figures, In the News, March of Dimes, Our Partners, tagged March of Dimes, PREEMIE act, the capital, volunteers on October 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Our nation’s Capitol was all a buzz with talk of maternal and infant health last week as March of Dimes staff and volunteers from across the U.S. attended the 2011 March of Dimes Volunteer Leadership Conference. They hit The Hill with 3 requests that will improve the health of women, children and families: preserve investments in programs critical [...]
