March for Babies

 
 

St. Louis Regional

Raised to date
$45,991
Our goal $175,000
 
Energizer Park (STL Soccer Stadium)
2019 Market St, St. Louis, MO 63103
Date: Saturday, June 06, 2026 10:15 AM
 
Date: June 06, 2026
Event time: 10:15 a.m.
Registration time: 9:00 a.m.
Location:
2019 Market St, St. Louis, MO 63103
Energizer Park (STL Soccer Stadium)

Important Update

Our March for Babies celebration is still on, but it looks a little different! We are rapidly preparing for a new, virtualized event that will be fun and engaging for everyone. This change in format aligns with the newly released CDC guidance for large events, to help ensure the safety and health of our participants. More details on our new format to come soon!

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About March for Babies

March for Babies brings people together through events across the country and online while raising critical funds to tackle America's maternal and infant health crisis—one person, one community, and one step at a time.

The US is the most dangerous high-income nation for childbirth. When you participate, you're helping to end preventable maternal and infant health risks, end preterm birth, and close the health equity gap by funding March of Dimes' vital resources such as:

  • Providing programs like NICU Family Support® for families with a baby in the NICU, and promoting healthy pregnancies with Supportive Pregnancy Care®.
  • Delivering prenatal care where it's needed most with March of Dimes Mom & Baby Mobile Health Centers®.
  • Funding research and innovation to address the most pressing maternal and infant health challenges.
  • Educating healthcare professional and families with information such as our Low Dose, Big Benefits™ campaign to inform about how low dose aspirin can support cardiovascular health.
  • Advocating for legislation that protects all moms, pregnant people, and babies.

 

Kick off March for Babies on Wednesday March 25th at the TotSpot Social (6451 Clayton Road Suite 100-101, St. Louis, MO 63117) at 5:30PM! 

We will have light refreshments and talk about March for Babies while the kiddos play at TotSpot Social’s playroom. 


 

March for Babies brings people together through events across the country and online while raising critical funds to tackle America's maternal and infant health crisis—one person, one community, and one step at a time. More than a yearly walk, March for Babies is a community. Families, friends, and co-workers can connect while raising critical funds for research, education, advocacy, and programs and services so moms and babies get the best possible start. Because together, each step forward leads to a healthy future for us all. March for Babies. Every step counts!

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About the local event

2026 St. Louis Regional March for Babies Chair

Katy Reese, DNP, RN, FNP-C, CPNP-AC

Katy Reese, DNP, RN, FNP-C, CPNP-AC (photo)

Director, Women, Infant, Pediatric Service Line, Emergency Medicine, and Professional Practice

Nurse Practitioner

At Missouri Baptist Medical Center, BJC

 

All NICU families and staff: Be sure to join us for a NICU reunion at the St. Louis Regional March for Babies!  Visit the SSM Health Cardinal Glennon, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Missouri Baptist Hospital and Mercy Hospital areas.

 

By participating in this March of Dimes event, you assume all risks related to attendance and acknowledge and consent to the event terms, including but not limited to March of Dimes' liability waiver and health and safety guidelines, as set forth in detail here.

 

Event progress* $45,991 RAISED (As of Friday, Mar 20, 2026)

Raised: $45,991

 
Top fundraisers
 
1
Tiffany Chambers
$411
2
Darius Dashtaki
$300
3
Clare Ford
$177
4
Nadeane Jackson
$142
5
Melissa Fricke
$103
Top family teams
 
1
Rolling with Esme - rolling into a brighter future, one tiny Tootsie at a time.
$1,100
2
22 week warriors
$561
3
Little Rockstar and The Champ
$206
4
Loveable Lauren
$177
5
Team Blake and Bentley Valandra
$31
Company, school & org
 
1
ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY - MO
$526
2
UAW REGION 4 - GM
$398
3
ZETA PHI BETA - XI ZETA
$308
4
MERCY KIDS NICU REUNION
$41
5
ALPHA PHI ALPHA - MO
$31
 
*The total amount displayed reflects the amount on the team or personal fundraising progress bar. If the progress bar is not displayed on the team or personal page, the team/person won't be displayed on the leaderboard. Leaderboard totals reflect cash and checks marked "received" on the online sponsor form as well as credit card and PayPal donations. Team captains can enter as cash and mark "received" any money raised through promotions, such as bake sales and casual days and any sponsorship money paid to March of Dimes, on their team's online form. Record all donations on your online sponsor form before you turn in cash and checks to March of Dimes!
 

St Louis Regional Ambassador Family

 

 

The Dashtaki Family

After experiencing two pregnancy losses and related complications, Nadeane and Darius Dashtaki were thrilled to be expecting their second child so quickly after the birth of their first, a son, Winfield. However, at just 18 weeks pregnant, Nadeane suffered from severe bleeding that would later be diagnosed as placenta accreta. This severe pregnancy complication immediately made her pregnancy high risk. A registered-nurse-turned-stay-at-home mom of a 9-month-old son, Nadeane couldn’t lift her little boy and had to deal with severe bleeding from her pregnancy daily. At just 29 weeks, Nadeane gave birth via C-section – on her own birthday! – to daughter Esme. The ensuing emergency surgery for Nadeane meant that she would have to visit newborn Esme in the NICU while she recovered as a patient herself. “I spent a week in the hospital going back and forth between my room in one building and Esme’s in another,” she recalls. Continued complications for Nadeane meant another three-day hospital stay. She and Esme, who had spent 58 days in the NICU, were both discharged on the same day. In addition to the family’s deep appreciation of the NICU staff and volunteers that cared for Esme, who is now an active preschooler, Nadeane feels especially passionate about supporting March of Dimes research and services, not only for the impact they have had on her own family’s journey, but also for the sake of other families. “I’m forever indebted to this incredible organization,” she says.

 

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