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March of Dimes Telethon
The March of Dimes Foundation is a United States nonprofit organization that works to improve the health of mothers and babies. The mission of the March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. The name "March of Dimes"—coined in the late 1930s by vaudeville star Eddie Cantor as a play on the contemporary newsreel series "The March of Time"—was originally used for the foundation's annual fundraising event and gradually became synonymous with that of the organization. It was officially adopted as the organization’s name in 1976, when it became known as the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation. In 2007, the name became the March of Dimes Foundation.
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