Buy a Sticker, Wear Your Jeans

It doesn’t have to be casual Friday. Over the next couple weeks, the County March of Dimes Team wants to see us wearing blue jeans—and a sticker.

The Blue Jeans for Babies sticker campaign is a comfortable and visible way for County employees to help March of Dimes raise awareness and money to combat the problem of premature birth around the world. Buy the sticker for $2, and you can wear jeans and the sticker for a day. (Of course pick a day jeans won’t interfere with your duties.)

Blue Jeans for Babies runs through Dec. 8. Some departments have taken part in the fund and awareness raising event in the past, but this is the first year the County March of Dimes Team is taking it Countywide.

To get a sticker, contact the Group representatives at the bottom of this page, or ask around and find out if your department’s March of Dimes Team lead is selling them.

The sticker campaign kicks off just in time for the first-ever Prematurity Awareness Day, Nov. 17.  March of Dimes hopes the day will help spread the word about the problem of premature birth.

Each year, 13 million babies around the world—1 in 8 in the U.S.—are born prematurely. One million premature babies die each year die from complications of their early birth.

The March of Dimes charity directly funds research and education programs to help with this issue.

Once you’ve got your sticker, if you’d like to do something else to help you can also get a March of Dimes keepsake or a holiday gift to pass along. The County team is selling special March of Dimes seasonal Beanie Babies for $3 to $7. There are Christmas tree ornaments, sock money pilgrims, turkeys, reindeer and more.

Again, contact your Group or departmental lead to buy a Beanie.

The County of San Diego March of Dimes Team has raised more than $40,000 to support the charity this year with fundraisers that included the annual March for Babies walkathon earlier this year.

County March of Dimes Team Contacts:

Chair:  Eric Lardy: eric.lardy@sdcounty.ca.gov

CSG lead:  Vicki Chappell: vicki.chappell@sdcounty.ca.gov

FG3 lead:  Damien Quinn: damien.quinn@sdcounty.ca.gov

LUEG lead:  Susie Vaughn: susie.vaughn@sdcounty.ca.gov or Veronica Allen: veronica.allen@sdcounty.ca.gov

HHSA lead:  Yvonne Contreras :  yvonne.contreras@sdcounty.ca.gov

PSG lead: Linda Yoakum-Latimer: linda.yoakum-latimer@sdcounty.ca.gov