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Here you will find current and archived press releases, links to our Public Service Announcements, Ambassador Family stories, and contact information.
North Carolina News Releases

New Prenatal Breastfeeding Booklet in English and Spanish
11-Feb-09 North Carolina receives renewed funding for Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention
29-Jul-09 2009 Saving Babies Together Award
08-Jul-09 North Carolina Folic Acid Campaign Launches Women’s Health Website in Spanish
15-Apr-09 Charlotte March for Babies Media Kit
March of Dimes North Carolina Chapter Names New State Director
10-Mar-09 Livingstone College March for Babies Walk
Is it a Cold, or Something Else? How to Help Protect Your Baby from a Common, Yet Potentially Serious, Virus
12-Jan-09 Knowledge of folic acid increases among Hispanic women in North Carolina
02-Feb-09 March of Dimes Ambassador, Volunteer and Board Member receives the Farm Credit Councils’ 2008 Phelps-Martin Award for Community Service
14-Apr-09 Newborns now screened for cystic fibrosis in N.C.
05-Jan-09 North Carolina Folic Acid Campaign Launches New Women’s Health Website
Great stocking stuffer!
12-Nov-08 Nation gets a "D;" North Carolina receives an "F" --March of Dimes releases new Premature Birth Report Card.
09-Oct-08 March of Dimes Signature Chefs Auction a Success in Hickory!
27-Oct-08 Triangle’s best come together for the sake of babies – a March of Dimes Signature Chefs Auction®
Fish advisories for women of childbearing age
27-Feb-08 March of Dimes Awards New Grants to Duke Researchers
13-Feb-08 North Carolina Folic Acid Campaign wins National Birth Defects Education and Prevention Award
07-Jan-08 Serious birth defects are declining in North Carolina
19-Dec-07 Contaminated cheese linked to stillbirths
03-Dec-07 Fayetteville’s Signature Chefs Auction was a record-breaking event
Buy a Macy's Gift Card and Support the March of Dimes
17-Nov-07 The Cape Fear Division of the March of Dimes held the 9th annual Wine & Art Event, “A Night Under the Mistletoe”.
13-Nov-07 Craig Davis and Craig Davis Properties Receive March of Dimes Inaugural Award
13-Sep-07 Families with Babies in Intensive Care to Benefit from New Project
11-Jul-07 North Carolina babies screened for life-threatening genetic and functional disorders
30-Jul-07 March of Dimes National Ambassador meets President Bush
31-Oct-08 Fall issue of the Folic Acid Forum newsletter is now available
05-Jun-07 AHDRA Teams Up with March of Dimes "Bikers for Babies" Event
29-Aug-06 FDA Considers Drug to Prevent Pre-Term Birth
University of NC at Chapel Hill Conducting Pregnancy Study
Meet the Chapter Board
01-Nov-07 Families Celebrate Babies and Share Stories: November is Prematurity Awareness Month
01-Oct-07 Spina bifida rates are falling in North Carolina
March of Dimes North Carolina Chapter Names New State Director

Teresa Wolf brings more than fifteen years of experience in non-profit management to the March of Dimes.

North Carolina Folic Acid Campaign

Along with a balanced diet and regular exercise, multivitamins are a good way to stay in good health. For just pennies a day, they may help lower your risk of cancer, heart disease and osteoporosis as well as prevent some birth defects.

Is it a Cold, or Something Else? How to Help Protect Your Baby from a Common, Yet Potentially Serious, Virus

Parents gearing up for winter need to know that sometimes seasonal sniffles mean more than just a cold. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), a common virus that usually can have serious consequences for high-risk infants.

Meet the Chapter Board

Meet Board Member, Matthew Ayotte: "I realized the best way I could 'pay forward' my gratitude was to join this organization in its commitment to the well-being of premature infants and their families."




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