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Across Sutter Health every year, nearly 40,000 babies are born. Thankfully most of those
babies are born healthy and they go home with their families. But, all too often, we have
babies in our NICUs that are fighting for their lives and by participating in our fundraising
campaign and helping the March of Dimes fund the research and the programs to give these
tiny babies the shot at a healthy life, you are truly truly helping the people in our
communities and that's what our mission is all about here at Sutter Health.
Emma Studer spends her days like any other normal two-year-old…playing with toys and
wondering who’s watching what she’s doing. But she’s more than just a miracle baby.
Emma was born three months early and weighed just over one pound. Her little arm fitting
through her Daddy’s wedding ring. There were multiple complications and eight surgeries.
Emma spent her first 423 days at Sutter Memorial Hospital. Emma is home, but still challenged.
She needs a ventilator at night and is developmentally delayed. The family says she’s alive today
because of the care she received.
It’s the research and the studies made possible by ttinyhe March of Dimes that is a big part
of why Emma is here today.
Our employees are extremely passionate about the March of Dimes and not just about the
fundraising, but really about the connection to our overall mission. We physicians, clinicians
and nurses who are involved in programs to really help end pre-term birth. Over the years
we have raised a total of nearly $5 million. In fact, in 2010 we raised our most amount
ever—$633,000 and I know we’re going to beat that amount in 2011.
From our clinicians to our support staff, the creativity to bring awareness to this
fundraising campaign is amazing. We have people putting on wine tastings. We have people developing
cookbooks. We have people doing nachos sales. We have folks that decorate their workstations
in a way that you can’t possibly miss the fact that we have a campaign going on right
now.
March for Babies is the premier fundraising campaign of the March of Dimes. It is a walk
that takes place in 20 different locations all over Northern California. Sutter Health
has a team at every one of those locations. Hundreds if not thousands of people show up—moms,
brothers, sisters, dads, grandparents—all walking in support of helping newborns have
a healthy chance at life.
Whether you’re in the Central Valley, East Bay, West Bay, Peninsula Coastal or Sac-Sierra
Region—or working for one of the Sutter Health Support Services offices, go on marchforbabies.org,
look for your Sutter Health team and sign up to walk on the team. Secondly, look around
your facilities and participate in all the many fun fundraising events to your colleagues
have put together to draw attention to this very worthwhile cause. It’s fun. You going
to have a great time and you’re going to make a difference. Together Sutter Health
and the March of Dimes can make sure that every parent knows the joy of taking home
a healthy newborn.