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Walton EMC Winners in Fight for Healthy Babies

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 31, 2006

Contact Greg Brooks, 770/266-2307, or

Katie Woodall, 770/266-2572

MONROE, Ga. - To help give all babies a fighting chance, the employees of Walton Electric Membership Corporation raised $14,292 for this year's Walton-Morgan County March of Dimes WalkAmerica. The cooperative's Power Team took first place overall for money raised out of 45 teams.

Every day in the United States, 1,280 babies are born too soon, some so small they have to fight for their lives. Ninety-four babies are born with hearts that don't work properly, and 76 babies die.

“The March of Dimes affects everyone,” says Kathy Ivie, chairperson for the event and Walton EMC's team captain. “Even if you do not have children or plan to, we were all babies at one time.”

Walton EMC's Power Team also received the Spirit Award and recognition for raising the most money the night of the event.

Since 1999, Walton EMC has raised over $183,000 for the March of Dimes to help fund research and innovative prevention programs to save babies from death or disability.

“The March of Dimes funded the research for developing polio vaccinations and research for helping keep premature babies alive,” Ivie adds.

Walton EMC is a Gold Sponsor of the Walton-Morgan County WalkAmerica. The March of Dimes is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects and infant mortality.

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