Upcoming event
March for Babies - Kauai 2016 Date: Saturday, May 7, 2016
Kauai 2016 Ambassador Family he 2016 Kauai March for Babies Ambassador family is the Shinno family. Stephanie Shinno was expecting her second child – the first boy in mid-May; but Syler had other plans. After arriving at KVMH with contractions, the hospital decided on a C-section and Syler was born on April 6, 2007 at just over 5 lbs. – over a month pre-mature. At first, everything seemed ok, but Syler was diagnosed with sleep apnea which required an emergency flight to Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children on Oahu where the only NICU (neo-natal intensive care unit) is located. Syler spent several days in an incubator. While at the hospital, Stephanie recalls, “He was sleeping, and at times we had to rub his belly to remind him to breathe. They (March of Dimes volunteers) taught me how to read his vital signs, gave me free bottles to store breast milk, free diapers, and a pacifier. Agencies, such as the March of Dimes, make it possible for parents like me to receive these necessities so I could focus on our little man.”
Syler celebrated his 9th birthday on April 6. He attends Wilcox Elementary; plays basketball, football at Lihue Boys & Girls Club, dances hip hop at Aloha Dance Studio, and loves playing golf with Mom (Stephanie), his older sister Aaliyah Nero, and his younger brother Lytron Shinno. He is also a Bear Cub Scout with Pack 148. The March of Dimes is a uniquely American story whose effects have been felt all over the world! FDR founded this organization in 1938 to eradicate the disease that crippled him and millions of others…by asking school children to collect and mail in dimes. As incredible as it sounds, the research effort that led to the eradication of polio was funded not with multi-million dollar gifts, but with spare change. In addition to raising the money to fund the research to develop the vaccine we also fielded a volunteer organization to facilitate the vaccination to hundreds of millions of children and adults. Those efforts gave birth to this organization, The March of Dimes. And the result was the fulfillment of our mission: the elimination of polio in the United States.
Time: 8:00 AM 6:45 AM Where: Lydgate Park main pavilion Lydgate Park 4470 Nalu Road Kapaa, HI 96746 Register online at www.marchforbabies.org. For more information, call 1-800-272-5240. We’re getting ready to walk in March for Babies! It promises to be a fun day out with people who share our passion for improving the health of babies. Join family teams, company teams and people walking with friends for a great cause: making a difference for real families right here in our community. Sign up and raise money to help more moms have full-term pregnancies and healthy babies.
Our mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality.
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march for babies March of Dimes Hawai‘i still needs your help! Visit any of our Kaua‘i stores and make a donation of $1 or $5. Since 2008, Longs has raised over $1,000,000 statewide in donations.
Join us on Saturday, May 7th at 8:00am at Lydgate Park | 4470 Nalu Road-Kapa‘a | Registration: 7:00am marchofdimes.org/hawaii/
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