The Blue Ribbon Campaign is year-long fundraising campaign to benefit the March of Dimes. It will take place during the 2008-2009 academic year. The campaign marks the final phase of the Ribbon Campaign initiative.

The campaigns goal is to support March of Dimes by raising awareness and working together to give babies a chance against the threats to their health: prematurity, birth defects, low birth weight.

Launched on September 20, 2008, during SIAs 18th Anniversary Founders weekend, the Blue Ribbon campaign is the final phase of a three part fund-raising campaign launched during the 2005-2006 academic year in order to devote our national fund-raising efforts to our philanthropies. During Phase I, hermanas raised awareness and funds for AIDS and AIDS research during the Red Ribbon campaign.nbsp; Specifically, we fundraised for Camp Heartland (now One Heartland) and the AIDS Walks raising nearly $16,000!nbsp; With Phase II, dedicated to supporting Special Olympics by raising awareness about how sports training and competition improves the lives of people with intellectual disabilities, hermanas raised over $2,000.

Make a donation to the March of Dimes - and the value of your contribution will be matched, dollar-for-dollar up to $50,000, thanks to a generous grant from MedImmune, Inc.