For the 34th consecutive year, WCVB-TV/DT Channel 5 will broadcast the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. Stars of stage and screen will join forces beginning Sunday, Aug. 31 at 9 p.m. to raise funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.A timeless tradition each Labor Day, stars around the country come together to raise money and awareness for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Joseph Miller, 5, has dreams of being a rock star, and he's already hard at work on his first album. But at 18 months old, when Joe still hadn't learned to walk, his parents became concerned. They took him to the Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic at Children's Hospital, where they received a stunning diagnosis. More Details | Video
The MDA provides extensive diagnostic and follow-up services through its clinics to people with neuromuscular diseases. For more than 30 years, the MDA has been providing those services at Children's Hospital Boston. More Details | Video
ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, attacks nerve cells, weakening muscles until they cease working completely. Mark Rosen of Sudbury is one of the estimated 30,000 Americans living with the devastating disease. More Details | Video
Muscular dystrophy comes in many forms and can strike at any age. The Henry family, of Shrewsbury, learned this frightening lesson last year when daughter, Nicole, was diagnosed with limb girdle muscular dystrophy. More Details
Muscular dystrophy comes in many forms and can strike at any age. The Henry family, of Shrewsbury, learned this frightening lesson last year when daughter, Nicole, was diagnosed with limb girdle muscular dystrophy. More Details | Video
The Jerry Lewis Telethon is the most important fundraising event of the year for the MDA. Any funds raised help MDA fight more than 40 forms of muscular dystrophy and related diseases.
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