The organization, which officially launched on Jan. 3, 1938, was behind the popular March of Dimes fundraising campaign. The idea grew out of the “Birthday Balls” that FDR had hosted on his ...

He asked the nation to send money to the White House in a “March of Dimes” to fight polio and support the NFIP. At the time, he was referring to the very popular newsreel feature of the day ...

“The March of Dimes will enable all persons ... 30 -- more than 2.5 million dimes had been sent to the White House. FDR took to the airwaves himself to express gratitude.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--Few nonprofits enjoy a more storied history than the March of Dimes Foundation. President Franklin D. Roosevelt founded it in 1938 as the National Foundation for Infantile ...

According to the CoinValueChecker website, one of the charities that was dearest to his heart was the March of Dimes, a nonprofit set up to fight polio. FDR’s own history with polio led to him ...

When she starts her new job as president and CEO on July 17, Dr. Elizabeth Cherot will be the first physician to head up the March of Dimes, the 85-year-old, Arlington County-based women’s and ...

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt prevailed upon the public in 1938 to fund a vaccine to fight polio, a disease that had terrified, paralyzed, killed and maimed for millennia. A radio ...

Glass is set to retire next month but he will always keep FDR's story close to his heart ... The visit changed Roosevelt so much he founded the March of Dimes and it's why you see his likeness ...