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Editorial - December 2003 |
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Great participation in MDA ‘Lock-up’ |
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Published December 15, 2003 |
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Lincoln usually fares well in the charitable giving area and proved itself once more with this week’s successful Muscular Dystrophy Association “Lock-up” fund raiser. The final tally came to more than $30,000 after approximately 100 citizens agreed to go to a make-shift jail in the Cultural Center Wednesday. They called friends and associates for “bail” money, all of which goes to the MDA program. It was a big improvement over last year, when the event raised $22,000. The volunteers who agreed to go to jail for the MDA were the prime collectors of these very generous donations. But the tip of the hat goes to the contributors, many of whom were contacted by more than one of the “jailbirds,” who telephoned donors with a cell phone provided them by the MDA “jailers.” The cellmates who compared notes on Wednesday often found they were calling the same people, undoubtedly those same generous citizens who help with so many other fund raisers in Lincoln. Muscular dystrophy refers to a group of genetic diseases characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal or voluntary muscles which control movement. The muscles of the heart and some other involuntary muscles are also affected in some forms of MD, and a few forms involve other organs as well. More than 1 million people in America are afflicted. When we think about this illness we often think of Jerry Lewis surrounded by children during the annual MDA Labor Day Telethon, but MD can affect people into young adulthood and middle age. There is no specific treatment for any of the forms of MD, but there are many therapies and procedures to help live with it and important research is now under way across the globe. Helping contribute towards this research is one of the goals of the MDA “Lock-up.” Just like the fight for cancer, finding the road that will eventually conquer this affliction is greatly enhanced by successful fund raisers such as the event held here. Congratulations to the MDA, to the “jailbirds,” and especially to the contributors for this very successful event.
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