How’s this for a mission: Help all babies be born healthy.
That’s what the March of Dimes is all about. Premature birth affects more than half a million babies and their families every year in this country. The 9th annual March of Dimes Signature Chefs Auction is coming up soon. It’ll be fun, an event you’d really enjoy attending while at the same time helping the March of Dimes fulfill its mission. Emerson Schneider wasn’t so sure she wanted to make a silly face for me even after I asked real nice. It took her a little while to warm up to the camera. Emerson’s mom and dad Julie and Toby Schneider count Emerson as a blessing from heaven. Julie says the loss of premature twin boys tested them in every way. One baby was stillborn, and little Evan lived less than two weeks. “Truly, the absolute most challenging thing we’ve every gone through in our entire lives, and it will test your love, your strength, your faith,” Julie Schneider said. “But, you get through it with the right person and with your faith and with the help and support of the people who work in the community with March of Dimes.“
Julie and Toby Schneider couldn’t face losing another child to premature birth, and that’s where the March of Dimes touched them.