What is the March of Dimes
Signature Chefs Auction?

For the past 15 years, the Greater Hampton Roads March of Dimes has held a Signature Chefs Auction which has become one of the most high profile gourmet dining events in the area.

Money generated from this event is used to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality.

This year's event will be held on Sunday, October 12th, at the Cavalier Golf & Yacht Club in Virginia Beach. More than 20 of the finest chefs in Hampton Roads will be presenting signature dishes.

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Why We Matter

In the United States, a baby is born with a birth defect every 4 ½ minutes.

In an Average Week in Virginia:

1,999 babies will be born
242 babies will be born pre-term
165 babies will be born with low birth weight
15 babies will die before reaching their first birthday.

>> March of Dimes website

In 2004, birth defects accounted for about 1 in 5 infant deaths in Virginia. That same year, about 1 in 30 infants were born to a mother who received late - or worse - no prenatal care whatsoever.

Issues such as the ones described above affect a multitude of families, regardless of their socio-economic and/or educational backgrounds.

It is estimated that the annual societal economic cost (medical, educational, and lost productivity) associated with preterm birth in the United States was at least $26.2 Billion in the year 2005.

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