On Saturday, March 31, March of Dimes volunteers in Hilo will kick off their biggest annual fundraiser to help babies to be born healthy. The community event will be staged at Wailoa State Park on Piilani Street in Hilo.
On Saturday, March 31, March of Dimes volunteers in Hilo will kick off their biggest annual fundraiser to help babies to be born healthy. The community event will be staged at Wailoa State Park on Piilani Street in Hilo.
Hundreds of families and business leaders will join together in the March of Dimes March for Babies — the nation’s oldest benefit walk honoring babies born healthy and those who need help to survive. Registration begins at 7 a.m., and the walk starts at 8 a.m.
This year’s Hilo Ambassador Family is the Inez family. Michalla and Richard Inez were looking forward to starting their family when Michalla went into premature labor at 35 weeks. Preston Joel is now 2 1/2 years old and doing wonderfully. Michalla had another son, Logan Kamakanamakalanimai Casto-Inez, at 30 weeks. Logan passed away from SIDS on March 13, 2011. Shortly after Logan died, Michalla found out she was pregnant with her third baby. Elle’yanna was born on Oct. 28 at 34 weeks and now is a beautiful, happy and healthy keiki.
For details, phone Eden Patino at 987-0118, email hilomarchforbabies@gmail.com or visit www.marchforbabies.org.