March of Dimes Targets Birth Defects With Local Effort
Aiken County campaign leaders Bill Stewart and Wes Constable explain birth defects affect about 250000 babies yearly and cite 60 percent environmental or genetic causes. The group funds medical research, clinics such as Charleston’s cleft lip center, public health education, and patient aid while expanding a new birth defect computer database and continued polio vaccination momentum.
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March of Dimes Campaign
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Aiken
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Mothers March Aiken Seeks Volunteers For Polio Fight
Lynne Voit reports mothers, teens and fathers join the 1950s polio effort as the Mothers March returns on January 9, overlapping with Super Bowl Sunday. Carolyn Buck of Aiken leads volunteers to canvass doors, raise funds, and conquer birth defects through the March of Dimes.
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Dennis Curry
Anthony Kirkland
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
March of Dimes
Child Development Center
Lynne Voit
Franklin Roosevelt
Carolyn Buck
Mothers March
Aiken
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Carolyn Cato
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