Please join me in suporting the March of Dimes

[chuckiehacks]

This weekend, my wife and I, along with our two kids will be walking in the March of Dimes Walk in Kankakee, IL. The March of Dimes is committed to improving the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality through research, community service, education and advocacy.

 

We are fortunate to have two healthy children, we are walking in support of our cousin Mia. Two years ago, Mia was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. She has already endured three open-heart surgeries and faces at least one additional procedure before her third birthday. Not to turn this into a health care debate, but Mia will exhaust her health insurance coverage's $1,000,000 lifetime benefit by the time she turns three.

 

If you would like to support me and Mia please head to our March of Dimes website at .

Thanks in advance for your support,

Brian

[JoeHova]

The March of Dimes is an interesting charity. It's one of the few charities that reached their goal (obviously, it's impossible for many charities to reach their goal, I'm not criticizing charities, just want to make that clear). They were founded to try to eradicate polio and they succeeded (with the help of Jonas Salk). Rather than shutting their doors, in the late 1950's they changed their mission to the elimination of birth defects.

 

Sorry to hear about your cousin. I hope things go well for her.

[whizkid]

Good luck in your efforts. Want to point out that for existing policies, life time maximums are gone in 6 months.

Link

[chuckiehacks]

Like I said, I don't want to turn this into a health care discussion. I was just pointing out the costs involved in treating the types of birth defects the March of Dimes is looking to prevent.

[chuckiehacks]

Thank you to all who donated! With your help, we have nearly reached our goal. We realize you have many choices for your charitable donations, thank you for supporting our cause.

 

If anyone else is interested, please visit our donation website.

 

Thanks,

Brian