Donate in honor of Aiden's first birthday!

With Aiden's first birthday only weeks away, people have been asking me if there is anything he needs that they can get him. I thought about it and realized that Aiden is a very lucky boy and doesn't really need anything, we are so fortunate that he is here with us, and some families are not as fortunate. What better gift is there to give him then knowing that people donated in his honor to help more babies be born healthy?

Each year almost 1/2 million babies in the United States are born prematurely and struggle to survive. Donations made to the March of Dimes supports research to prevent premature births, educate parents to be and provide services for babies that are not as fortunate as Aiden is. Their history includes:

• Developing the vaccine declared against polio...1955
• Funding the first successful bone marrow transplant to correct a birth defect...1968
• Funding the first in utero treatment for a birth defect...1973
• Calling for the creation of a regional system of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) to save very sick babies...1976
• Funding research leading to surfactant therapy to treat respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)...1985
• Successfully using gene therapy to treat hemophelia and retinitis pigmentosa in the laboratory...1999
• Ongoing research based upon delivery of a gene that affects the development of a healthy heart...2000
• In 1998, the March of Dimes began its six-year Perinatal Epidemiology Research Initiative, investing more than $5.7 million in research to study how factors such as stress, infection, genetics and environment may trigger preterm labor.
  

For more information on the March of Dimes mission and history visit their website, www.marchof dimes.com.

On the donation page you can choose to donate in honor of Aiden's first birthday and you can have March of Dimes send an acknowledgement to him, you just have to enter in our address (if you don't know it, please email me at hollynicolls@gmail.com and I will give it to you).

I can't image a more lasting gift to give him. When he is 18, he probably won't remember what toys he got on his first birthday, but he will be able to look at the acknowledgment cards and know that his family and friends did a great thing in his honor.

Click here to donate in Aiden's honor