Junior Brittany Greene organized a walk with the Rho XI chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha and Phi Beta Lambda-FBLA around the school to raise money for the foundation. The walk was for Brittany’s platform in the Ms. Black and Gold Pageant she will be attending over spring break.
During the walk, there were three stations to attend that gave important information about March of Dimes. The first station was called “Beginning of Change, The Diaper changing station.”
One of the members of PBL Sophomore Jordan Dadez gave a little background about how the foundation started.
“The Foundation was founded by President Franklin Roosevelt when he discovered he had polio. He wanted to raise money for the polio epidemic funded for research for a vaccine,” said Jordan.
The vaccine ended polio in the U.S and focused on babies with birth defects.
The second station was called the “Purple Pacifier.” At this station, Christine Donahue talked about how March of Dimes helped her family after her baby was born premature.
“I had Aryanna Morppy at 26 weeks and was not fully developed. She had oxygen in her lungs and brain and she could not breathe or eat on her own,” said Christine.
March of Dimes helped Christine and her husband understand what was going with Aryanna. They also helped with funding some of the medicines for Aryanna.
The last station was called the “Play Pen.” One of the brothers from Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity Senior John Green talked at the station. He talked about the involvement of March of Dimes and the fraternity and the impact.
“It was nice to hear about how involved Alpha Phi Alpha is with different foundations, March of Dimes being one of them,” said Freshman Valeree Willcox.
After the walk was over, there was a celebration with pizza, games, and music.
“Turnout was not what I expected because I wanted more people to come, but the outcome was nice and I was glad at how much we collected for donations for the foundation,” said Brittany.
