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Show March of Dimes to hold Mother's March The 1986 Mothers March for the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation will be held in Pleasant Grove on Jan. 20-24 to continue funding the battle to prevent most serious child health problems. "Every year more than 250,000 newborns come into this world suffering physical or mental damage due to birth defects," Mrs. Katheryn Hollis of Pleasant Grove said. "We are soliciting funds door-to-door and by other means of personal contact as our response to this tragic health reality," she said. This is the 30th anniversary of the Mothers March which began in Phoenix, Arizona in 1950. "Today the volunteer appear is held every year by more than 800 March of Dimes chapters throughout the country," she said. "The Mothers March is not only a fund raising event," she explained, "but also an opportunity to acquaint as many people as possible with the tremendously needed work beging done by the March of Dimes." Programs of research, medical services, public and professional health education are major ways in which the March of Dimes is working to prevent birth defects in local communities and nationally as well. "We are very community-minded," community-minded," Mrs. Hollis said. "Because birth defects are far more widespread 1 than many people might first think, the Mothers March offers all of us an opportunity op-portunity to learn and to do something positive in battling this scrouge of innocent children." For details about joining the Mothers March, please call 785-3912. |