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March of Dimes Partners With Hospitals to Help Families Celebrate the Holidays in Newborn Intensive Care Units Across the Country


WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Dec. 11, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In hospitals across the country, from Pennsylvania to Nevada, March of Dimes NICU Family Support® is helping parents celebrate their baby's first Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa. NICU families will make holiday memories at several hospitals including Geisinger Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and St. Rose Dominican Hospital ? Siena Campus.

March of Dimes Foundation Logo (PRNewsfoto/March of Dimes Foundation)

Some of the planned activities include: 

Each year in the United States, more than 380,000 babies are born preterm ? that's one baby every two seconds.  Even babies born just a few weeks too soon can face serious health challenges and are at risk for lifelong disabilities including breathing problems, vision loss, cerebral palsy, and intellectual and developmental delays.

In partnership with over 100 hospitals across the country, March of Dimes offers NICU Family Support®, a program which provides information and support to families during their baby's stay in the NICU. This program helps more than 75,000 families each year.

March of Dimes is the leading nonprofit organization for pregnancy and baby health. For nearly 80 years, moms and babies have benefited from March of Dimes research, education, vaccines and breakthroughs. For the latest resources and health information, visit our websites marchofdimes.org and nacersano.org. For detailed national, state and local perinatal statistics, visit peristats.org. You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram or follow us on Twitter.

SOURCE March of Dimes


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