posted on April 1, 2009 - 2:57pm
At the Academy Awards in Hollywood on Feb. 22, MDA National Chairman Jerry Lewis received one of the Academy’s greatest honors — the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
The award recognizes an individual in the motion picture industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry. Past recipients include Paul Newman, Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck and Bob Hope.
posted on July 1, 2005 - 1:45pm
When you tune in to the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon on Sept. 4-5, you’ll join nearly 50 million viewers nationwide.
While that number is impressive, there’s another figure that’s also remarkable and just as vital to the success of the Telethon: 189.
That’s the number of television stations that make up MDA’s one-of-a-kind “Love Network” — stations across the country that will broadcast the...
posted on September 1, 2005 - 3:11pm
It's been more than a year since best-selling poet, peacemaker and MDA spokesman Mattie J.T. Stepanek died.
Although Mattie lost his battle with mitochondrial myopathy on June 22, 2004, just shy of his 14th birthday, in the midst of his third term as National Goodwill Ambassador, he still is an ambassador for MDA...
Telethon videos provide updates on the lives of former National Goodwill Ambassadors Sarah Schwegel, Ben Cumbo, Mike Neufeldt and Ben Teraberry
posted on September 3, 2010 - 11:42am
posted on July 1, 2010 - 2:55pm
Tommy Roberts
Lauren Gibbs
posted on July 1, 2009 - 4:41pm
Featured in this article: Jerry Lewis inducted into New Jersey Hall of Fame ** myMDA is MDA's new online community ** Telethon 2008 DVD available ** New books by celebrities Nancy O'Dell, Tom Bergeron ** News about MDA National Goodwill Ambassadors Luke Christie, Ben Cumbo, Lauren Carter, Mattie Stepanek.
Telethon 2010 pulls out all the stops in a winning show
posted on October 1, 2010 - 3:02pm
From the moment the 2010 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon began, the spotlight was on Jerry’s Kids.
For the first time ever, the Telethon was opened by a child, MDA National Goodwill Ambassador Abbey Umali. Backed by a dynamic new Telethon set, 11-year-old Abbey began with a warm welcome and an enthusiastic appeal for viewers to donate — and the phones lit up.
The 2011 MDA Telethon will run for six hours during prime-time viewing hours, in a bid to increase both audience and donations
posted on October 6, 2010 - 4:29pm
Sometimes, less is more — and that’s the strategy behind MDA’s decision to shave off more than 15 hours from next year’s Labor Day Telethon broadcast.
The new six-hour Telethon will run during the prime-time viewing hours of 6 p.m. to midnight (Eastern time) on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend, and will include the same time-tested mix of top entertainment, profiles of individuals and families...
posted on July 1, 2011 - 11:35am
The 46th annual MDA Labor Day Telethon is getting ready to squeeze 21½ hours of entertainment, awareness-building and fundraising into six prime-time hours on Sunday night, Sept. 4.
The shorter show, which is expected to draw more viewers in its prime-time slot, will be fast-paced and jam-packed with top-notch entertainment.
In addition to the shorter national broadcast, each hour of the local...
posted on July 1, 2011 - 10:41am
As you may already know, for 45 years our annual Labor Day Telethon was a 21½-hour fundraising spectacular. It’s now time to launch an all-new Telethon era.
This year, the Telethon will be a six-hour show seen in prime time nationwide on Sunday, Sept. 4, broadcast live from 6 p.m. to midnight in the Eastern time zone and from 6 p.m. to midnight via tape delay in all other time zones. Never before...
