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The unstoppable
power of family teams
March for Babies, our biggest
fundraiser, comes alive through hundreds of meaningful and fun events
nationwide. And the powerful thread tying them together are family teams like the
one started by Ashley Turner, who formed Team Ellie in honor of her daughter
who was born at 27 weeks in 2007. Team Ellie has been a top family team in
Tennessee nearly every year since then, and raised $63,889 in 2016 for an incredible
lifetime total of $365,819. Turner, winner of our prestigious Elaine Whitelaw
Volunteer Service Award last year, helped encourage the other 11,662 family
teams to raise $14 million of the $
86,014,000 March for Babies 2016 total. Amazing fundraisers like Turner make March
for Babies a success, so the
March of Dimes can continue supporting lifesaving research and services that
benefit thousands of women and families.
