your support helps babies.
The March of Dimes spends 76¢ of every dollar you raise in March for Babies to support research and programs that help babies begin healthy lives.
Here are some of the ways you’ve already helped:
Roll your cursor over baby Alex to find out how you’ve already helped.
We’re fighting premature birth ― baby’s brain needs 9 months to fully develop.
We’ve identified a gene responsible for oral cleft and are working on preventions.
Folic acid education means fewer babies are born with neural tube defects. 
Surfactant and nitric oxide therapies save the lives of many premature babies. 
We’re developing treatments to cure vision defects.
New treatments mean better survival rates for the tiniest heart patients. 
Newborn screening — a drop of blood from baby’s heel could save her life.
