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Chatting With Jennifer Briand with March Of Dimes - A Group I LOVE! · The Erica Show

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  Do you want to five? It is the Erica Show. I am so
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  excited. So I have Jennifer with March of Dimes on the phone with me.
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  And March of Dimes is really a really, really special organization that I
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  was able to be blessed to get involved with last year. There's a big
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  event that includes amazing food and helping moms and kids throughout the triangle all over
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  Jennifer, can you tell us all about March of Dimes and the why behind
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  it and the big event. Absolutely, thank you so much for having me,
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  Erica. I am so thrilled to be here with you today. Marchin
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  Dimes is such an important organization for moms and babies and families across the United
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  States. Marchadimes started back in the nineteen thirties with SDR. He pleaded with
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  the US populations who sent in their dimes to cure polio. So the first
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  thing that we did was pure polio. From there, we've tackled prematurity.
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  We've tackled research and vaccines and ways for babies to get checked when they're born
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  and get out soldic acid. So marcha Dimes has come such a long way
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  over the past ninety or so years and really we're just getting started because in
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  twenty twenty three we have a whole flew of other issues that we have to
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  work towards the help moms and babies in North Carolina and across the country.
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  So next Thursday night, on November ninth, at the Marriott Crabtree, we
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  have our gala, our signature Chef's Gala where we bring the best chefs from
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  across the Triangle that includes a Verdet, Bloomsbury Distro, Oak Steakhouse, Oakou
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  Sassool, Kpe Your Seafood and more. We have an open bar, alive
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  and silent auction, and then a program where we're honoring, where we're honoring
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  a local family and we're asking folks to make donations to help Marchy Dines with
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  more research and advocacy efforts as well as education and support for families in the
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  Nicku And it really is an amazing organization. And like, you know,
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  so I'm a nick you mom, I was blessed to have you know,
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  a healthy baby now and she's taken care of. But when you meet these
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  families, you get sucked in and it's kind of like when you're looking for
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  something to give back to. This is such a great organization to say I
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  want to be a part of it. It's helping these moms, these babies
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  that need the utmost best care, they need the research, and so it
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  really is a great way to not only have a great time, dress up,
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  look cute, eat great food, but give back in the best way
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  possible. Absolutely, the event is such a blast. There is over two
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  hundred people there. We mix a mingle in the courtyard. It is so
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  much fun. Everyone looks great. And then, yeah, Erica, as
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  you said, it is so crucial to support moms, to support these nicky
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  nurses, to support these families, because when you have a baby in the
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  nick you your whole life changes. If you have other kids at home,
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  they don't get to see you. You might have to miss work, you
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  might travel, you have to pay for you know, parking, you have
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  to pay for food, you have to pay for all of these things,
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  and you're still learning how to take care of a baby at the same time.
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  So Margie Duins really provides that education to help families learn a how to
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  take care of a baby, and then b help you get medicines and treatments
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  while you're in the Nike You so, sir. Factin for example, is
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  a medicine that most Niki babies get because it helps grow their lungs right.
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  So it mis funded by Marchwodim's researchers, which is critical. So that is
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  just one example. And again it's just such a fun event and we hope
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  to have everybody there. And that shot that we got for Ella's lungs,
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  like, she actually had to get it. She was eight weeks early and
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  so we had that medicine to help make sure that she was developing. And
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  I've heard that story and similar stories so many times since I've started working at
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  Marchwodims. You don't even know that your baby and that you are receiving Marchodim's
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  treatment because we've been around for so many years and we've been doing this for
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  so many years. Well, okay, so how do people get involved?
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  So if they can't come to the event, which we hope you come to
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  the event, how do they sign up for the event? For one?
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  And two? How do they get involved with March of Dimes to be a
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  volunteer or give back or maybe their company wants to give back the best way
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  to get involved with marchidims in a triangle. I would say, is email
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  me, get in touch with me. So my email address is day briond
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  be as in boy our, I is an igloo as an Apple and is
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  in Nancy Daz and David at marchodimes dot org. If you google our website
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  marchadimes dot org. We have tons of great information for families, free information,
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  discussion boards, things like that. But I would say the best thing
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  to do to learn about the event and to get in touch with me is
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  is just email me and we can have a conversation. Because there's so many
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  things that I want to be able to tailor to everybody who gets involved.
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  So I would say, definitely send me an email. We were always looking
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  for new volunteers, new supporters, and I can't wait to get in touch
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  with you. And if you're driving right now, you're like, wait,
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  I didn't get that email. Just hit me up on social I will direct
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  you to Jennifer. Thank you, and I can't wait to see you next
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  week. So excited. Thank you Eric for being the hostess with the mostes
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  and being the greatest EMPs as always. I'm excited to be there. Last
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  year was incredible. Well, you're the best empty and our ambassador family from
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  last year is returning as well. They're guests in their room, so it's
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  really going to be a magical night. March of Dimes an organization I am
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  so honored and proud to be a part of. If you're looking for a
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  group that you want to get behind and give back, March of Dimes y'all.