Once upon a time before the internet, telethons — marathon television fundraisers known for their endless lineup of performers and rows and rows of on-camera volunteers answering telephones to accept ...

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 — Even without Jerry Lewis, the Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon posted its best gain since the recession started, though the program’s longtime host was on the minds of many during ...

NEW YORK – The Muscular Dystrophy Association is ending its annual Labor Day telethon, a television tradition for decades that has slowly disappeared from view since the sudden end of Jerry Lewis’ ...

$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 ...

A slowing economy might mean people are spending less in some parts of the country, but the Muscular Dystrophy Association saw a jump in its donations during the 36th annual Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon ...

NEW YORK — For 45 years, many Americans identified the Muscular Dystrophy Association with one man and one event — comedian Jerry Lewis and his annual Labor Day telethon. The MDA dropped Lewis as its ...

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 ...

MDA National Chairman and Telethon star Jerry Lewis, joined on-stage by co-hosts Jann Carl, Nancy O"Dell, Alison Sweeney, Ace Young and Billy Gilman. The entertainment line-up at this year"s Telethon ...

This Labor Day weekend, I hope the people of the Fargo-Moorhead area will tune in to the Jerry Lewis Telethon, which will raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and its commitment to ...

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 ...