Today is: Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Helping Jerry's Kids.

client information

New Client Information: As a registered client of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, you have access to many benefits, which include:

Clinic: Clinic is held at Alaska Regional Hospital, in the Plaza Building, in suite 350. Clinic is held once a month. Please arrive at clinic by 8:45am and plan on being there until 12 noon. If you would like to schedule a clinic visit, please call our office. Clinic reservations are required one month in advance.

Equipment: MDA maintains a loan closet with equipment available to its clients. If you are in need of something, please give our office a call and we will see if there is one available to loan to you.

Support Group: MDA holds a monthly support group out in Wasilla at the Mat-Su Regional Hospital Outpatient Center. Support Group is held the first Thursday of every month. Our social worker attends each meeting, along with our Health Care Services Coordinator, and is open to clients and their support systems. There is a different topic discussed each month. If there is a certain topic you would like to have discussed, please let us know.

  • 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.

  • Research

    MDA is the world's largest non-governmental sponsor of research seeking the causes of and effective treatments for neuro-muscular diseases, sponsoring some 400 research projects annually.

  • MDA Worldwide

    MDA has long had a worldwide impact. Since 1951, MDA has funneled almost $50 million to researchers in 36 countries on six continents. And many times that amount has been awarded in MDA research grants in the United States.