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Many people here on bodyspace never do realize how fortunate they are. We complain at times about our energy, our failures in weight gain or loss or the complexity of our lives in general.

But, truely we don’t have much to complain about in comparison to kids who are born prematurely. One of the great causes I volunteer for through my fraternity and through personal experiences of loved ones is The March of Dimes.

Many people don’t realize that The March of Dimes was started by President Roosevelt, who was stricken with polio. Our organization sought out to cure the disease the fundraising efforts such as, people sending their dimes to the whitehouse to support research. As a result of people like you, the cure for polio was found!

Today, our focus has broadened to focus on prematurity which affects all races, creeds, religion, and sexes. To make this short, because of the March of Dimes anyone born after 1967 is alive because of research that was funded through the March of Dimes. Through these grants they developed test that are given to all newborns to test for crippling diseases and illness, that if detected early enough,can be fixed.

Many kids who live past the first year still have tremendous battles throughout their life such as blindness, mental retardation and hearing loss.

 Today, I would like to ask all of you to think about the ones you love and their future. Many times people think about giving but never really do it. If not now, when?

If you would like to help me in sponsoring future research to cure illnesses that stricken our future, please go to the following march of dimes website to donate: http://www.walkamerica.org/satapp . The site is secure and you may contact your local March of Dimes for verification of this on-line method.

 For more infomation on The March of Dimes please visit the following website:

http://www.marchofdimes.com or http://www.marchofdimes.com/howtohelp/howtohelp.asp

Thanks in advance heroes for doing the kids a favor and being a life saver!