Be a Hero for Babies Day 2010
Dinner Friday Night: $25
2 Coffees Monday Morning: $5
Being a Hero for a Baby: Priceless
I went out to dinner with my friends and spent $25. I have already had 2 coffees today (I hate rainy Mondays). Now, I need to text “hero” to 20222 to make my $5 donation to the March of Dimes. You can make a donation too! If we donate before the end of the day on Thursday, 7/22, Farmers’ Insurance will match our gifts.
On the 22nd, Farmers’ Insurance will challenge agents and employees to raise more than $2million in a single day. Let us help them reach their goal by going without our coffee or dinner out. Think about all of the little things we spend money on in a day. It adds up fast doesn’t it? Now is our chance to use that money to help be a hero for a baby who needs us.
To find out more about the Be a Hero for Babies Day 2010:
To make your donation online, visit MarchofDimes.com/Farmers.
Life in the NICU
Tomorrow night (7/15/10), at 10pm, a new series begins on Discovery Health called NICU: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. This series is a collaborative effort from Discovery Health, Farmers Insurance, and the March of Dimes. The series follows real families and their babies as they fight for survival and experience the rollercoaster of emotions that come with having a premature baby. The series shows the daily care that is needed in the NICU to keep the tiny babies alive and features doctors and nurses from leading hospitals in Baltimore, San Diego and Cleveland. For more information and show times, click on NICU.
After hearing local NICU stories today at our Premature Infant Health Network meeting, I have realized that these families go through so much. They need our support and understanding.
It is frightening to think that many premature babies are born to mothers who are healthy and have no risk factors. That’s why knowing the signs of pre-term labor are so important. Please refer to our past posts to learn more about pre-term labor: Preterm Labor Can Happen to You and Preterm Labor: Know Your Risks.
Do you have a preterm labor story? We’d like to hear from you.
Source: Discovery Health
