posted on January 1, 2012 - 12:08pm
This is my last Keeping in Touch column for Quest magazine. After nearly 55 years of service to MDA, I decided to retire, effective December 31, 2011.
Curing muscular dystrophy has been a labor of love for me and will continue to be a focus in my life. But, at age 82, I’ve been contemplating retirement for the past few years, and I believe now is the right time for me to step aside and let others...
MDA’s 2011 Personal Achievement Award recipient for Montana has Dejerine-Sottas disease, helps others with disabilities
posted on October 3, 2011 - 3:53pm
When talking with Leanne Beers of Missoula, Mont., you can’t help thinking that this is one upbeat, optimistic woman.
“Even though you have muscular dystrophy, or any limitation for that matter,” she says, “it doesn’t mean you can’t accomplish the goals you want. You just may have to go about it differently. There’s no reason you can’t be happy and thrive on life.”
Caring and dedicated amateur chef receives top honor posthumously
posted on October 1, 2011 - 3:34pm
Wherever he went, Scott Crane spread joy.
At the Corner Bakery Café where he worked, he was known for being helpful and kind. When he volunteered for MDA and other organizations, he was always upbeat and enthusiastic. Even during long hospital stays due to respiratory issues, he remained cheerful and positive.
“Spread smiles to everybody everywhere each and every day,” was one of his mantras.
Quest shares lessons from parents who have successfully helped their children with muscle diseases grow into self-reliant adults
posted on October 1, 2011 - 3:32pm
When Vance Taylor was a boy, he didn’t know any adult he could look to and say, “There’s somebody like me.”
His mother, Morena Noyes, recalls the first time she took Vance and his sister Kathy — both of whom have limb-girdle muscular dystrophy — to MDA summer camp.
“We were still in the parking lot, in our Astro van,” Noyes says. “Vance looked, and then he turned to his sister and said, ‘Kathy,...
New, shorter format attracts top acts, viewers and donations
posted on October 1, 2011 - 9:46am
With a winning combination of top talent, generous sponsors, groundbreaking research updates and heartfelt appeals from families facing devastating muscle diseases, the 46th annual MDA Labor Day Telethon proved quite popular with the American public.
The 2011 Telethon raised more than $61.5 million — $2.6 million more than last year’s total and the highest since the recession began in 2008. The...
posted on October 1, 2011 - 9:20am
Although it’s been a month since the close of the 2011 Telethon, the glow still lingers.
The brand-new, six-hour, prime-time event was a huge success, thanks to the dedication and hard work of thousands of MDA supporters across the country.
The faster pace of the shorter show — and the caliber of celebrity talent it showcased — were a joy to watch. Our dedicated MDA sponsors were superb and the...
posted on October 1, 2011 - 9:10am
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