TUCSON, Ariz. – Despite the tough economy, officials with the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon say contributions and pledges from this year’s Labor Day event totaled nearly $60.5 million.
Officials say the funds will allow the Muscular Dystrophy Association to continue funding worldwide research to find treatments and cures for muscular dystrophy and related diseases.
Lewis, the Tucson-based [...]
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MDA raises 60 million!
September 8th, 2009
Labor Day.
September 7th, 2009
While this may be a holiday for many of you out there, to me it is the start of Autumn. Even more important, seeing as I don’t celebrate the unions ( That’s what ‘Labor Day’ is didn’t ya know? ) is this is the weekend where Jerry Lewis hosts a telethon for the Muscular [...]

