Event Calendar
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.
Yoga in Homer
Come and join Anahata yoga studio in Homer to relax, practice yoga and raise awareness for Anthropomorphic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a serious neurological disease that causes muscle weakness, disability and eventually death. ALS is often called Lou Gehrig’s disease, after the famous baseball player who died from it in 1941. 5,600 people are diagnosed with ALS each year and an estimated 30,000 people are living with ALS in this country. All proceeds will be donated to the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s ALS Division. $5 Yoga Friday to benefit MDA will be held on April 30th and May 28th from 5:15pm to 6:15pm at Anahata, located at 1044 East End Road, Suite C in Homer. Their number is (907) 235-YOGA. For more information, please contact Sarah Thomas at 907-276-2131 or email her at sthomas@mdausa.org.
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.