Hundreds Join March for Babies in Morris County

Over 800 residents joined together in Morris County at the 2015 March for Babies to benefit the March of Dimes. Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison was packed with strollers, families and corporate teams helping to try to achieve the New Jersey goal of $3.1 million to help babies be born healthy.

Special guests at the day’s events included walk chair Earl Pedersen, Financial Advisor at Allied Wealth Partners, Boonton Township, and ambassador family Rich and Jen Buchman, son Kyle and daughter Emily of Rockaway. There were also performances from the Mayo Performing Arts Center and Hopatcong Wildcats Cheerleaders.

“We firmly believe that if it wasn’t for the research and funding of the March of Dimes that our kids would not have received the wonderful treatment they did,” said Jennifer Buchman.

Money raised by the event funds research, education and local community grants for programs such as Healthy Babies are Worth the Wait and NICU Family Support.

“Thank you to all of our state-wide sponsors, walkers and volunteers who made the March for Babies event a success and who continue to support the efforts of the March of Dimes and its very important mission,” said James Young, State Director, March of Dimes, New Jersey chapter.

It is not too late to donate to March for Babies and help New Jersey reach its goal of $3.1 million. Visit marchforbabies.org for more information.

The 2015 March for Babies is sponsored nationally by the March of Dimes number one corporate supporter Kmart, and top sponsors Famous Footwear, Macy’s, Cigna, United Airlines and Mission Pharmacal. The New Jersey state sponsors are PSEG, UnitedHealthcare, Virtua, Comcast NBCUniversal and New Jersey Monthly, and the local sponsor is PricewaterhouseCoopers.