The annual Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon is to raise funds and awareness for fighting Muscular Dystrophy, but four new artists got the chance to raise their profiles during the annual Labor Day weekend ...

The IAFF presented the 38th annual Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon with a record-breaking $18.3 million, the largest single donation in the telethon's history. The International Association of Fire Fighters ...

"The tremendous success of the telethon, even in a tough economy where some communities are also being challenged by natural disasters, shows that America understands and appreciates the truly rapid ...

New York, Dec. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) and AFM-Téléthon (the French muscular dystrophy association) are proud to announce the awarding of two cutting-edge ...

It's time again for an American tradition: the Muscular Dystrophy Association's Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. Locally, firefighters will conduct their annual Fill-the-Boot campaign for MDA ...

Jerry Lewis, the ubiquitous host of the annual Labor Day weekend telethon to benefit the Tucson-based Muscular Dystrophy Association, is retiring after 45 years. The September broadcast will be his ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Jerry Lewis raised a record $65 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in his annual Labor Day telethon, a benefit that also made a pitch for those inconvenienced by Hurricane ...

Organizers of the 2010 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon were well aware of the nation’s financial distress, so they say the total donations for this year’s telethon, while down from a year ago, exceeded ...

will.i.am is set to open the upcoming Muscular Dystrophy Association's 'Show of Strength' telethon with a special musical performance, it has been announced. People reports that the Black Eyed Peas ...

$242,385. That's the total South Mississippi donated Monday to the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon. It surely wasn't a typical day at WLOX Monday. More than 100 volunteers were in and out all day ...

In front of the cameras and bright studio lights, 10 volunteers worked the phones as people from throughout Southeast Missouri pledged money on Monday. But the on-screen volunteers were only a small ...