Event Calendar
Health Care Changes Coming
The new health care reform law has many provisions of particular interest to people with neuromuscular diseasesCash and Counseling Takes Hold
Even in tough times, this self-directed service option is giving Medicaid consumers more flexibility and saving states money.Get to Work!
New Web sites help people with disabilities find jobs.Rising to the Challenge
A new documentary recounts Rob Roozeboom's struggles with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy and his founding of Rise Ministries.2010 Pike’s Landing Fairbanks Telethon Executive Lock-Up
The annual Telethon Executive Lock-Up in Fairbanks is being held at Pike’s Landing. If you are a Jailbird and are wanting to log-in to your personal fund-raising page, click here. The event is taking place on Wednesday, May 12th, between 10:00am and 3:00pm.
2010 South Anchorage FireTap Lock-Up
An annual Lock-Up held in south Anchorage. This year the Lock-Up is taking place at FireTap on Wednesday, March 31st. If you are a jailbird and are looking for the log-in site, click here or to go https://www.joinnmda.org/anchorage2010.
Telethon
The Telethon is the single most important fund raising event of the year for MDA. In 2009, $403,267 was raised statewide Alaska during the two day broadcast carried on KTUU, Channel 2 in Anchorage and KTVF, Channel 11 in Fairbanks. Funds raised help the Association carry on its fight against over 40 neuro-muscular diseases, including a worldwide program of basic and applied research, a nationwide network of comprehensive medical and support services, and extensive professional and public education. Children and adults with neuro-muscular diseases benefit directly from dollars raised during the Telethon.