• The March of Dimes Virginia Chapter provides public education materials which include brochures, booklets, posters, and videos on a variety of pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, and infant related issues. Items are available in easy-to-read formats and many are available in Spanish. Contact our Director of Program Services Sara Long for further information.

• The Healthy Babies Healthy Business Web site www.marchofdimes.com/hbhb provides company intranets and wellness programs with the latest high-quality pregnancy and newborn health information at no cost.

• Thousands of visitors access our family website http://www.shareyourstory.org/ to share their stories, participate in online discussions about premature babies, and meet other NICU families.

• The March of Dimes Virginia Chapter offers an annual Prematurity Summit. In 2008, we worked in partnership with five health districts in the Tidewater area with a focus on racial disparity. Our state's 2009 Prematurity Summit has been cancelled due to budget constraints, but we have linked with the MOD chapter in Northern Virginia to attend its Syposium on Quality Improvement to Prevent Prematurity to be held Oct. 8&9 in Arlington,Va. Contact our Director of Program Services Sara Long for further information.

• The March of Dimes would like to see every state screen newborns for the full panel of 29 disorders. Do you know how many we screen for in Virginia? Click here for the full story.

• In partnership with SIDS MidAtlantic, the chapter sponsors smoking cessation training for health care providers.

• Click here to see where March of Dimes research dollars are invested right here in Virginia.

• Our Virginia professionals are also encouraged to visit http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals where they can find other resources, tools and information.