Jennifer Lopez Kicks Off March for Babies

          KEY BISCAYNE, FL, APRIL 25, 2009 -- Singer, actress and mother Jennifer Lopez (center), Honorary Chairperson of the 2009 March of Dimes March for Babies®, cuts the ribbon to open the event held here today.  With her are (from left) Shelley Freeman, state president of Wachovia Bank, A Wells Fargo Company; Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, president of the March of Dimes; Peter Dolara, senior vice president of American Airlines; Kenneth A. May, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the March of Dimes; and Gene Schaefer, corporate chair, March for Babies and president, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties of Bank of America.  March for Babies took place the weekend of April 25-26 in more than 900 communities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.  Money raised by the March for Babies supports community programs that help moms have healthy, full-term pregnancies; funds research to help babies begin healthy lives; and provides support to families of babies in newborn intensive care.  Ms. Lopez, who also has joined the March of Dimes and sanofi pasteur in a national public awareness campaign to help protect the health and wellness of adults and infants called “Sounds of Pertussis,” showed the cheering crowd her new PSA.  (PHOTO CREDIT:  Bob Soto)