MARCH FOR BABIES: A MOTHER OF A MOVEMENT™

 
 

Metro East

Raised to date
$17,005
Our goal $100,000
 
Edwardsville Township Park
2900 Benton St , Granite City, IL 62040
Date: Saturday, April 18, 2015 9:00 AM
 
Date: April 18, 2015
Event Time: 09:00 AM
Registration Time: 8:00AM
Location:
2900 Benton St , Granite City, IL 62040
Edwardsville Township Park

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
New date! New location! Join us at Wilson Park on the East side on April 18! Get your family, friends and co-workers together - form a team and March for Babies! Your real reward is knowing that you’re helping babies. These incentives are our way to say thank you for your efforts. Raise $1,000 or more and earn membership in the March for Babies Circle of Champions! Raise Receive $200 – March for Babies T-shirt $350 – $15 gift card & T-shirt $500 – $25 gift card & T-shirt CIRCLE OF CHAMPIONS $1,000 – $50 gift card & T-shirt $2,500 – $125 gift card & T-shirt $5,000 – $250 gift card & T-shirt $10,000 – $500 gift card & T-shirt $20,000 – $600 gift card & T-shirt For more information call 314.513.9990
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EXPERIENCE PROGRESS* $17,005 RAISED (As of Friday, Apr 19, 2024)

Raised: $17,005

 
Top fundraisers
 
1
Joanne Reno
$1,854
2
Melody Hollis
$1,825
3
Heather Perigo
$1,085
4
Mandy Robinson
$682
5
Jennifer Link
$650
Top family teams
 
1
Ava Robinson's Team
$2,295
2
Xmas Miracle
$1,854
3
Collins' crew
$1,105
4
Perigo Power^2
$1,085
5
1 lb Miracles
$410
Company, School & Org
 
1
1st Mid America Credit Union
$3,734
2
ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY - IL
$280
3
JACK AND JILL OF AMERICA - MO
$212
 
*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 the 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 the March of Dimes!
 

Our ambassador

 

 

Ava Robinson

2015 Metro East Ambassador Family: Chris and Mandy Robinson and daughter, Ava Before Ava was born, I had two healthy, mostly uneventful pregnancies. I could never have imagined that my third would be any different. However, at 24 weeks, I was sent to Gateway Regional Medical Center to be evaluated for some side pain and to check my amniotic fluid. I was sure that nothing was wrong, and I would spend the next 16 weeks at home waiting for my baby girl to come. Upon arrival at the hospital, it was quickly realized that my amniotic fluid was leaking and very low. I was given steroids and transferred to SSM St. Mary’s Medical Center by ambulance. I spent 12 days there on bedrest. On August 14, 2011 at 9:04pm at 25 weeks gestation, Ava Elizabeth Robinson decided to join us. She was born weighing 1 pound, 9 ounces and was 13 inches long. She was taken to SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center where she spent 84 days in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Thanks to March of Dimes funded research, Ava was given surfactant to help her lungs develop and was able to be taken off her ventilator as early as 14 hours after she entered the NICU. Throughout our long stay at the hospital, we had a few scares with her digestion and required a few necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) workups. After a while, her little body started growing and she was able to come home a few weeks before her due date. She weighed less than 5 pounds. Ava is a fighter. She fought for her life when she was a newborn, and now at 3 years old, she is as strong and tough as anyone I have ever met. She is very healthy and spunky. She attends preschool, knows her colors, sings her ABCs and is very curious. Ava is alive and well, because of the March of Dimes. She is a champion, but the support and research of this organization saved her life.

 

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