March of Dimes
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Oct 28, 2026
Pappy GNARRATOR
Franklin Roosevelt contracted it at age 39.
Pappy GNARRATOR
He founded the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in 1938, which launched the March of Dimes campaign.
Pappy GNARRATOR
Ordinary Americans mailed literal dimes through the White House by the millions.
Pappy GNARRATOR
Children brought dimes to school in little cardboard folders.
Jeff CrilleyHOST
Coming up next on The Jeff Crilley Show, you're gonna meet two of the driving forces behind a big event coming up.
Jeff CrilleyHOST
It's one of the biggest fundraisers of the year for the DFW Texas March of Dimes.
Jeff CrilleyHOST
Their story just ahead.
Jeff CrilleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Many are predicting that the worst is yet to come, which is unfortunate, said one person here.
Jeff CrilleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Life has a funny way of coming around full circle.
Jeff CrilleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This is The Jeff Crilley Show.
Jeff CrilleyHOST
So each year around this time, I love to have the March of Dimes in the studio to promote a big gala, a big event that's coming up.
Jeff CrilleyHOST
And it's coming up very quickly, November 5th, down at Union Station, Dallas.
Simon WhistlerHOST
The campaign particularly invited children to send in 10-cent coins.
Simon WhistlerHOST
The March of Dimes campaign was incredibly successful.
Simon WhistlerHOST
The White House received tens of thousands of letters with dimes in them, many donated from children who wanted their schoolmates to get well, which raised millions of dollars in the process.
Simon WhistlerHOST
The March of Dimes soon became shorthand for the name of the foundation itself, and it is credited with being one of the first crowdfunded charitable giving campaigns.
Simon WhistlerHOST
Roosevelt became so synonymous with the March of Dimes that, after he died in office in 1945, a new dime was issued the next year with his face on it, a design that continues to this day.
Simon WhistlerHOST
March of Dimes used their donations to fund specialized treatment centers for polio patients, helping families pay for the costs of treatment and for necessary equipment, such as iron lungs, which were artificial breathing devices for victims whose diaphragms weren't working anymore.
Simon WhistlerHOST
By the 1950s, over 80% of polio victims nationwide were receiving funding from the March of Dimes.
Simon WhistlerHOST
They also poured millions of dollars into research efforts to develop a polio vaccine which would stop the disease once and for all.
Olesya PlekheHOST
The views expressed on this podcast may not represent those of March of Dimes or its staff.
Olesya PlekheHOST
Information presented on this podcast is not medical advice and should not be construed as such.
Olesya PlekheHOST
When in doubt seek competent medical advice.
Olesya PlekheHOST
Now on with the show.
Olesya PlekheHOST
Hello and welcome to ModCast, a new research podcast from the March of Dimes.
Olesya PlekheHOST
ModCast is a podcast on the most impactful maternal and neonatal health research conducted today.
Olesya PlekheHOST
I'm your host, Alessia Plouhi.
Olesya PlekheHOST
Every day, March of Dimes scientists are piecing together one of the most vexing puzzles in human biology, the mystery of spontaneous preterm birth.
Leonard PickelGUEST
And I graduated from college with an architectural degree, started apprenticing in the Dallas market as an architect.
Leonard PickelGUEST
And at that time, the March of Dimes was the large show in town.
Leonard PickelGUEST
So they were the ones that were doing the biggest haunted house thing.
Leonard PickelGUEST
Most of the haunted houses at that time, in fact, all of them, I think, at that time were nonprofit.
Leonard PickelGUEST
And so I volunteered with the March of Dimes and I chaired their event for about four years before I started doing my own haunted houses.
Leonard PickelGUEST
And, you know, the first one that I did was, you know, was for myself was very, you know, was very low budget.
Leonard PickelGUEST
I built the entire thing out of credit cards and pocket change.
Heidi HedquistHOST
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Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
Future US President Franklin Roosevelt contracted the disease when he was 39, spurring his interest in finding a cure.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
His March of Dimes Foundation backed research into the disease, giving grants to scientists.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
One of the scientists to receive funding was Jonas Salk, who began studying the disease in 1947.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
In 1952, after successfully inoculating thousands of monkeys, Salk began the risky step of testing the vaccine on humans.
Hal GibneyNARRATOR
You can fight him with your dimes and dollars, though.
Hal GibneyNARRATOR
Send them today to your local March of Dimes headquarters.
Hal GibneyNARRATOR
Join the 1951 March of Dimes.
Hal GibneyNARRATOR
Remember, Arturo Toscanini once again conducts the symphony next Saturday on NBC.
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Kanika Chadda GuptaHOST
On my show, I interview changemakers on their life lessons, legacy, and superpower of intuition, which I call our mom sense and dad sense.
Kanika Chadda GuptaHOST
I've had the privilege of working with Mom 2.0, March of Dimes, and the White House, and have had some pretty amazing parents on my show.
Kanika Chadda GuptaHOST
Hey, what's up? I'm Kelly Rowland.
Kanika Chadda GuptaHOST
Hi, this is Chelsea Clinton.
Kanika Chadda GuptaHOST
On my show, I interview changemakers on their life lessons, legacy, and superpower of intuition, which I call our mom sense and dad sense.
Kanika Chadda GuptaHOST
I've had the privilege of working with Mom 2.0, March of Dimes, and the White House, and I've had some pretty amazing parents on my show.
Kanika Chadda GuptaHOST
Hey, what's up? I'm Kelly Rowland.
Kanika Chadda GuptaHOST
Hi, this is Chelsea Clinton.
Andrew FeinbergGUEST
There is a swimming pool under the briefing room.
Andrew FeinbergGUEST
It was built during the Franklin Roosevelt administration, and it was funded through donations to the March of Dimes.
Andrew FeinbergGUEST
It was to help with his polio, although They didn't talk about the polio publicly at the time.
Andrew FeinbergGUEST
That pool is still down there because right now it is filled with equipment used by broadcast networks and the White House Communications Agency.
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