Posted in Facts and Figures, March of Dimes, March of Dimes Event, Our Volunteers, tagged babies, gemineye, Jail and Bail, kiss fm, March of Dimes on June 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Honorable Judge Gemineye from Kiss FM locks March of Dimes own Tab Davis behind bars.
The March of Dimes Medford Jail & Bail was yesterday.
With 38 “jailbirds” and the Fabulous and Honorable Judge Gemineye from Kiss FM, the event raised $9,100 for babies! The money goes to support life-saving research, education and advocacy to help moms have healthy pregnancies and prevent premature birth and birth defects.
Thanks, Medford!
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 »
Joan, little Betsy and Dad - doin' time for babies
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, already wearing stripes. While locked up in the Stocks (aka: Woodstock’s Pizza) they got busy calling and managed to raise enough bail to be released. Whew.
We’d like to say a big Thank You to Woodstock’s Pizza for providing the best bread and water an inmate could ask for! (Yummy pizza and salad!) Please think of them when eating out, planning a sports party or other event. They sure have been good to March of Dimes. Please thank Carol Lee and the gang when you see them!
We’d also like to thank Ashley, our Booking Deputy, for taking the best mug shots around, and for all of her help keeping things going!
And of course, a super-duper shout out to all of you who did time, gave money and showed up for the babies! THANK YOU!
Posted in March of Dimes Event, In the News, Benefit Event, March of Dimes, Facts and Figures, tagged March of Dimes, Jail and Bail, KTVZ, Bend, scanlon's on October 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Bend Jail & Bail on KTVZ
The good folks of Bend, Oregon, willingly went behind bars for babies yesterday. Locked up until they raised bail from friends and family, they gave their time and donations to March of Dimes to help improve the health of babies.
Since the fundraiser was hosted by Scanlon’s at the Bend Athletic Club, they got better rations than bread and water: a yummy buffet of sandwiches, salads and cookies.
KTVZ was there and interviewed some of the “jailbirds.”
The event raised nearly $13,000 which will help fund live-saving research, programs and education to prevent birth defects and premature birth.
Posted in Facts and Figures, In the News, March of Dimes Event, tagged Birth Defects, hermiston, Jail and Bail, March of Dimes, pendleton, premature birth, Superhero, u.s. cellular on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In a time when a large amount of the financial news is about loss, one thing that’s shown an increase is how much Eastern Oregon Superheroes raised to help every baby be born healthy. On July 14th and 15th Pendleton’s and Hermiston’s leading citizens came together once again for the annual March of Dimes Jail and Bail, and this year they collectively raised 35% more than last year.
More people raised more money this year; and that’s not easy to do.
In Pendleton
On July 14th the people of Pendleton raised $7,256 at the Superhero Jail and Bail, which is 32% more than in 2009. Jim Schlenker was the top Superhero raising $1,000 or more; and three others raised over $400 each: Ellen Johnson, Barbara Wright and Sandy Lavelle.
In Hermiston
On July 15th the people of Hermiston raised $14,781 at their Superhero Jail and Bail. That’s 38% more than last year. The top Superhero in Hermiston was Chris Carter who, with the matching gift from U.S. Cellular, will raise nearly $1,000. Ten others raised over $500 each: Ray Kopacz, Patrick Hart, Josh Lankford, Joe Hodge, Steve Ferraro, Sandy Hinds, Tom Shimp, Rich Schmidt, Reta Larson, and Ilene Curtis.
The money raised from both events will support life-saving research and education funded by March of Dimes to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.
Posted in March of Dimes Event, tagged Brian MacArthur, healthy babies, Jail and Bail, March of Dimes, Oregon, Superhero, The Dalles on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sixty-seven Superheroes came together in The Dalles today for the sake of babies everywhere. These heroes raised $13,000 to help March of Dimes improve the health of all babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.
An extra big thank you to Brian MacArthur, the Top Superhero in The Dalles raising over $1,000!
