2 edits | Just curious & a Question, just curious, as to how many pple are watching or have watched and donated to the 2009 ANNUAL MDA/Jerry lewis Telethon?
This may not seem like a big deal to some, but if you (GOD FORBID) have a son or daughter,stricken with this horrible disease, its a matter of life & death for your loved one,& getting the medical treament & equipment need to help you & your loved one live a normal life as possible & you DON'T pay for anything,
I know from waching the local NBC station (KPRC in HOUSTON) every year cuts back its time it donates to this annual program,for instant it started the telethon at 11pm (Sunday night) when most people are already in bed,
CHICAGO tv (WGN) started the telethon on time at 8pm Sunday,out of 21 hrs (telethone ) the local station only carried 13 hours of it, ( and that was broken down into different parts of the morning & day),
Finally, the locl station,(KPRC) wonders WHY no major portion of their 50 phones maybe 10 or 12 phones will ring now & then,the LOCAL STATION really is crappy about covering the telethon, & then its not live but recorded,& played back during labor day,
(me? I'am watching & have donated to WGN in Chicago, & hardly ever watch the local NBC station here,
Question does anyone know or have a link to the local (believe Las Vegas) tv station where the telethon originates?
thanks Jazzy
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1 edit | 3;16pm Chicago/national MDS ""THANKED thir top 10 "luv/MDA ststions gpt carrung the telethon, & Houston couldn't even make the 10, also the telethon IDN'T ABOUT JERY LEWIS or his comedy the man is 84 he was hardly on the telethon, h was at the begining, & for maybe 1/2 hr & he'll probally be at the end, but the
telethon is about helping a child/teen or adult
I SINCERLY HOPE that non of you, ever have a child that has a disability of any kind,
for those of us that are raising "our children wih SPECIAL NEEDS,reguardless of the disability,
YOU HAV NO IDEA in GODS GREEN EARTH, the struggles, frustrations,many a tears we cry & wonder [/b]WHY can't our child /children have a normal life,
and THANK YOU Texan1948
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»www.mda.org/telethon/pledge.html
2009 What Your Pledge Dollars Buy
$30 Flu Shot
$80 One minute of research
$100 One support group session
$150 One physical, occupational or respiratory therapy consultation
$200 Professional fees related to initial diagnostic work-up at an MDA clinic
$500 Assists one person for one year with the repair of a wheelchair, leg braces or communication device
$800 Sends one child to MDA summer camp
$2,000 Assists one person with the purchase of a wheelchair, leg braces or communication device***
electric wheelchair chair can run upward from about $3,000.00
heres where your donations go, the PARENTs DO NOT PAY A CENT,(reguardless of your income or lack of income_
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»www.mda.org/telethon/pledge.html
78.3 percent of every dollar MDA spends goes directly to research, services and education, the rest to fundraising and administration.
MDA spends $80 a minute in its worldwide Research program, supporting more than 330 projects.
MDA maintains more than 200 clinics, including 35 MDA/ALS centers.
MDA clinics are staffed by teams of top health professionals skilled in the diagnosis and medical management of muscular dystrophy and related diseases. Services provided at MDA clinics may include occupational therapy, selected diagnostic tests, genetic counseling, respiratory therapy and more.
MDA annually sponsors 80 weeklong summer camp sessions, serving more than 4,300 children across the country and in Puerto Rico. More than 5,200 volunteers give a week of their time to serve as MDA camp counselors
Telethon 2008 raised a record $65 million in contributions and pledges
Telethon 2008 was viewed by 40 million people in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada, and is available worldwide at www.mda.org.
I CAN TELL YOU from experience,raising a child with SPECIAL NEEDS take some really loving parents,who WILL NOT TAKE NO as an option or answer,
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what you call Paranoid in reality,is called being
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