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Awards of Excellence

National March for Babies Awards of Excellence

2025 National March for Babies Awards of Excellence recipients announced

Congratulations to the recipients of the National March for Babies Awards of Excellence for 2025!

With March for Babies, every step counts in the fight for all moms and babies, and these top national fundraisers went above and beyond from Nov. 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 to take the necessary steps to raise critical funds to support the March of Dimes mission.

2025 National March for Babies Awards of Excellence recipients:

Top Family Team Award: Team Schatzman, Houston, Texas; raising $265,657
Honorable mentions:
  • Team Kernan, Chicago, Ill.; raising $82,358
  • Northside, Atlanta, Ga.; raising $236,719
All-in Award, that includes both company team fundraising and company sponsorship: HCA Healthcare; raising $414,672
Honorable mentions:
  • Spinx, South Carolina; raising $290,021
  • Northside, Atlanta, Ga.; raising $236,719
Top Team Award: Zeta Phi Beta; raising $831,799
Honorable mentions:
  • Alpha Phi Alpha; raising $528,338
  • Spinx, South Carolina; raising $290,021
Top Company Team Award: McCarthy Building Companies, Los Angeles, California; raising $151,154
Honorable mentions:
  • Palmieri, Tyler, Wiener, California $107,293
  • Southeastern Paper Co., South Carolina, $76,217
Top Retail Team Award: Spinx, South Carolina; raising $290,021
Honorable mentions:
  • HEB, Texas; raising $82,888
  • Bashas, Phoenix, Arizona; raising $22,704
Top National Service Partner Chapter Award: Jack and Jill, Atlanta, Ga. Chapter; raising $61,063
Honorable mentions:
  • Jack and Jill - Oakland Bay Area Chapter, California; raising $30,882
  • Alpha Phi Alpha - Zeta Upsilon Lambda, Washington DC; raising $24,829
Top School Award: Val Verde School District, Perris, Calif.; raising $55,344
Honorable mentions:
  • Anderson District 2, South Carolina; raising $13,432
  • Georgetown School District, South Carolina; raising $10,444
Top Healthcare System Award: HCA Healthcare, raising $187,104
Honorable mentions:
  • Northside, Atlanta, Ga.; raising $126,792
  • Northwestern, Chicago, Ill.; raising $67,030
Top Team Growth Award: Zeta Phi Beta, $76,395 in year-over-year growth
Honorable mentions:
  • Northwestern, Chicago, Ill.; $36,961 in year-over-year growth
  • Spinx, South Carolina; $23,530 in year-over-year growth
Top New Team Award: Team Kelly Pernick, Chicago, Ill.; raising $42,275
Honorable mentions:
  • Sunflower Squad - In Loving Memory of Joslyn Reed, Chicago, Ill.; raising $38,395
  • Nolans Squad, North Carolina; raising $22,612
Top Individual Award: Rosemary Schatzman, Houston, Texas; raising $265,657
Honorable mentions:
  • Rick Salus, California; raising $107,293
  • John Bricker of Pittsburgh, Pa.; raising $50,616
Top New Individual Award: Scot Duncan, Pittsburgh, Penn.; raising $15,395
Honorable mentions:
  • Jenny Stewart, Wisconsin; raising $13,490
  • Kristyn Byrd, Tennessee; raising $11,998

Award recipients receive an Award of Excellence, inclusion in national and local media outreach, inclusion in the March of Dimes Annual Report, recognition on marchforbabies.org, and a personal expression of gratitude from March of Dimes Chief Executive Officer Cindy Rahman.

We deeply appreciate every step these teams and individuals have taken to raise vital funds to improve health outcomes for moms and babies in their local communities and across the country. They have set the standard for excellence.

Will you or your team make the 2026 list?

Start planning now to register for March for Babies 2026 at marchforbabies.org (beginning Nov. 1, 2025), bring your team together, help spread the word about the March of Dimes mission, and show how those in your circle can support your March for Babies fundraising efforts (especially through June 30, 2026).

The funds you raise through March for Babies help March of Dimes provide advocacy, education and programs, and research and innovation to support all families. Together, we can each do our part, knowing that every donation, action, and step adds up to tackle America's maternal and infant health crisis - one person, one community and one step at a time.