DILLON MAYOR Todd Davis signs a proclamation declaring National Infant Mortality Awareness Month in the City of Dillon as Melissa Bethea of Pee Dee Healthy Start, Inc. looks on. The National Infant Mortality Awareness campaign is designed to increase people’s awareness of the high rates of infant deaths and is led by the Pee Dee Healthy Start, Inc. Pee Dee Healthy Start, Inc. has made a dramatic impact on the high rates of infant mortality that are prevalent in the Dillon County communities, providing critical services to 1,269 women and their infants. (Photo by Johnnie Daniels/The Dillon Herald)