We were very excited to find out that the Ashland Area March of Dimes has selected us to be the Ambassador Family for the Ashland Area for 2009!!! This honor was given to us after the local chapter read Rylan’s story and also learned of the Miles to Miracles Foundation. We are humbled by this great honor!
The March of Dime’s mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. They carry out this mission through research, community services, education and advocacy to save babies’ lives. March of Dimes researchers, volunteers, educators, outreach workers and advocates work together to give all babies a fighting chance against the threats to their health: prematurity, birth defects, low birth weight. In other words, they support NICU’s and the miracles they serve!!!
As the Ambassador Family, we will be given the opportunity to tell Rylan’s story to a much larger audience than we currently reach. Our first opportunity is this Thursday night (Feb 12th) at the March for Babies kick off party. This event will unite all team captains so that they may be informed of the event, fund raising targets, and all the other information they need to make the March succesful. It also gives us the chance to introduce ourselves, tell our story, and of course, let everyone meet Rylan!
We are so excited and can’t wait to get busy! There’s tons of work to be done, and lots of miracles yet to be seen!
On On!
Donny Prater
