mda telethon 2009

Join 13abc for the annual MDA telethon Sunday, Sept. 6-7. [1]

“We’ve had a couple corporate sponsors and local companies that just haven’t been able to donate this year like they have in the past,” said MDA District Director Kristen Dixon. [2]

Local 2009 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon event to raise funds for Jerry’s Kids. [3]

Despite the name of the event, it is not a phone bank but a major show of local support for the national Jerry Lewis MDA telethon. [4]

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The 2009 Jerry Lewis Telethon kicks-off Sunday September 6, 2009 at 9:00 p.m. [3]

You’ll still see entertainers, fire fighters, and business leaders, but with the nation still in the midst of a recession, telethon organizers locally say the donations already look different. [2]

It is the desire of all of us that someday, not too far in the future, we can all gather together to acknowledge, not the years of hoping, but the year that Muscular Dystrophy is defeated. [5]

The MDA Telethon is this weekend and this year a local family will be featured on the live national broadcast. [6]

Our “telethon team” is gearing up for our 33rd annual MDA Telethon Party in Hingham, MA. [5]

The MDA Car Show takes place Monday, September 7, 9 a.m. [1]

The decline in donations ultimately affects the families living with neuromuscular disease that MDA is serves. [2]

The race to find the cures for the forty neuromuscular diseases such as, Duchene and ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease.) continues. [5]

The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon starts Sunday, September 6 at 9 p.m. [1]

New this year, social media followers, friends and subscribers of MDA’s Twitter, Facebook and YouTube sites will get a behind-the-scenes look at the show during the broadcast. [...] The Telethon will highlight MDA’s cutting-edge scientific research seeking cures and treatments for the more than 40 neuromuscular diseases in MDA’s program. [3]

Sources:
[1] MDA Telethon coming Labor Day Weekend - 9/04/09 - Toledo News - 13abc.com
[2] MDA telethon sees drop in donations | KXAN.com
[3] 2009 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon | KRQE News 13 New Mexico
[4] Everyone’s invited to 33rd Tolman MDA telethon party! - Cohasset, MA
[5] Tolman Telethon
[6] Local family leaves for MDA Telethon - 9/04/09 - Toledo News - 13abc.com

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