Show HISTORY THE MARCH MARCH- OF DIMES Jan DIMES Jan January uary 15 to 30 Each year there is staged in inthis this country a nation nationwide nationwide nationwide wide movement known as the March of Dimes During this month with the aid of able leadership there is staged a nation wide drive to collect from men and women and children dimes for the fund set up for the study and prevention prevention prevention tion of infantile paralysis Each January through publicity received ed in the press and over the radio and in the news reels a nation nationwide nationwide nationwide wide drive is put on Thousands of public spirited people go among the friends of their community to I solicit contributions to the fund fund I set up for the treatment of or and eradication of Infantile Paralysis I IThe IThe IThe The fund collected amounts to a alvery al alvery 1 very considerable total which is large enough to finance study and exhaustive laboratory work in the i effort to put an end to or bring I I under control this blighting disease disease disease dis- dis ease that without warning forces its way into a home and renders helpless cripples cripples' the brightest and most active children There are in America today thousands of young men meri and women boys and girls girs who if only the treatment had been available to them when their young lives were blasted that is is available now they might be walking walking walking walk walk- ing firmly upon two strong feet instead of dragging their way through the world as helpless incurable incurable incurable in in- curable cripples The March of Dimes had its inception with President President President dent Roosevelt's Birthday ball held for a number of years on January January January Jan Jan- uary 30 Having been taken by infantile infantile infantile in in- paralysis himself when a ayoung ayoung ayoung young man Franklin by bya a heroic fight overcome the disease disease disease dis dis- dis- dis ease to a degree where he could stand and walk with 64 pounds of iron braces bra upon his legs His ex ex- experience experience experience filled him with a desire to do something for others and out of his travail was born the March of Dimes and the healing centers for children whose laughter and whose gaiety has been silenced by the cruel hand of a blighting di di- sease Now is the time tune for every community to begin to plan to tomake tomake tomake make this ye years year's rs r's quest for dimes for fori crippled children childr n the biggest it has ever been Now is s the time to begin to plan for your dimes with the dimes of others to do what no 1 single Individual is able to do do- do C help whip infantile paralysis |