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Brooke Duffy of Williston wins ride-along with NASCAR Star Denny Hamlin!
Vermont Family Team wins the Charlotte 500 Challenge
CHAPTER GRANTS
Each year, local March of Dimes chapters award grants to external organizations across the state in order to address unmet maternal and infant health needs.
VOLUNTEER
the March of Dimes has depended on the generosity of people like you to carry out its mission of saving babies. Volunteers are the driving force behind the foundation.

Sep 17, 2010
2010 Vermont AWHONN Conference:Empowering the Front Line Perrinatal Nurse
Sep 26, 2010
2010 March for Babies
Join us and be a champion for babies by giving every baby the best chance for a healthy start in life.
Oct 7, 2010 -
Oct 8, 2010
Perinatal Emergencies, Urgencies & Controversies
Ojectives: Healthy strategies during pregnancy, labor and delivery; Traumatic childbirth and resulting post-traumatic stress disorder; Safe Sleep for Infants & Nursing role in caring for the woman who experiences an amniotic fluid embolism.
Oct 15, 2010 -
Nov 6, 2010
Pick A Pumpkin Campaign - Paper Pumpkin Patch
Help ALL babies get a healthy start! Stop by a Circle K store pumpkin patch in the Great Lakes and Midwest Regions. Purchase a March of Dimes paper pumpkin and help give ALL babies a healthy start.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont Named “Vermont Champion for Babies 2009”
Vermont State Director Roger Clapp awarded Blue Cross Blue Shield president Don George the 2009 Champion for Babies award for their Better Beginnings program that has achieved 80% participation among BCBS-VT members and reduced prematurity rates to 6.5%.

March of Dimes awards Vermont the best Grade in the Nation

In 2008, Vermont earned the best score on the March of Dimes Preterm Birth Report Card for having the lowest rate of babies born premature. The March of Dimes has the lead the way with our Research Grants, Educational Programs and Advocacy Initiatives.

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Vermont is Shown as Leader in 2009 March of Dimes Report on New Born Screening
As a result of the advocacy of the March of Dimes, the Vermont Department of Health Newborn Screening Program and its Advisory Committee, and parents, in 2008, Vermont added cystic fibrosis to the New Born Screening Panel.

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Emma Phalen - 2009 March for Babies Ambassador

Emma Phalen, an eleven year old from Jericho, Vermont has been selected as the 2009 March for Babies Ambassador for her leadership, creativity and committment to the health of all babies.

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