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Jiffy Lube® Teams Up with MDA for Annual MUSCLE UP! Campaign to Transform the Lives of Kids and Adults with Neuromuscular Diseases

Submitted by jcook on Fri, 08/02/2019 - 10:43

HOUSTON, Aug. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Jiffy Lube and the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) are teaming up for the eighth annual MUSCLE UP!℠ campaign. The campaign raises funds to help send kids ages 8 to 17 living with neuromuscular diseases to MDA Summer Camp at no cost to their families and also to support family services and research.
Burn Boot Camp Raising Funds for its Second Annual National "Be Their Muscle" Event

Submitted by jcook on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 15:32

Burn Boot Camp Partners with the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) for the Second Year, Holding Benefit Camps Nationwide Saturday, July 20th, in an Effort to Top Last Year’s Donations of $170,000 to Support Families Living With Muscular Dystrophy and Related Diseases.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (PRWEB) JULY 17, 2019
MDA Awards Venture Philanthropy Funding to Dr. Rachelle Crosbie to Develop a Novel Membrane-Stabilizing Drug for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Submitted by jcook on Tue, 07/16/2019 - 11:04

NEW YORK, July 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) has awarded MDA Venture Philanthropy (MVP) funding totaling $389,463 over two years to Rachelle H. Crosbie, PhD, professor and chair of Integrative Biology and Physiology at the University of California, Los Angeles. The award will support the development of a small molecule drug that increases expression of sarcospan, a protein that may help to prevent the muscle damage that occurs in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Currently, there are only two FDA-approved therapies to treat DMD.
Bennett Foundation donates $500,000 to Muscular Dystrophy Association in honor of the late TV Pioneer Bob Bennett

Submitted by jcook on Tue, 07/09/2019 - 09:18

Funds will Support MDA Summer Camp Program in Orange, California Giving Kids with Neuromuscular Diseases Their Time to Shine

LOS ANGELES, July 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) announced today that the Bennett Foundation is graciously donating $500,000 for the Los Angeles area MDA Summer Camp in Orange, California, which will be named the MDA Robert & Marjie Bennett Foundation Summer Camp.
Sailormen Inc. Popeyes Raised $680,000 during 15th Annual Golf Classic and Appetite for a Cure Campaign for Lifesaving Work of Muscular Dystrophy Association

Submitted by tmiller on Mon, 06/17/2019 - 09:44

Sailormen Inc. and the MDA celebrate their 15-year partnership.
MDA Awards Venture Philanthropy Grant to Locana to Develop Novel Treatment for Muscular Dystrophy

Submitted by tmiller on Wed, 06/12/2019 - 06:34

Announcing a new MVP grant award

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Jiffy Lube® Teams Up with MDA for Annual MUSCLE UP! Campaign to Transform the Lives of Kids and Adults with Neuromuscular Diseases

Burn Boot Camp Raising Funds for its Second Annual National "Be Their Muscle" Event

MDA Awards Venture Philanthropy Funding to Dr. Rachelle Crosbie to Develop a Novel Membrane-Stabilizing Drug for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Bennett Foundation donates $500,000 to Muscular Dystrophy Association in honor of the late TV Pioneer Bob Bennett

Sailormen Inc. Popeyes Raised $680,000 during 15th Annual Golf Classic and Appetite for a Cure Campaign for Lifesaving Work of Muscular Dystrophy Association

MDA Awards Venture Philanthropy Grant to Locana to Develop Novel Treatment for Muscular Dystrophy

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Jiffy Lube® Teams Up with MDA for Annual MUSCLE UP! Campaign to Transform the Lives of Kids and Adults with Neuromuscular Diseases

Burn Boot Camp Raising Funds for its Second Annual National "Be Their Muscle" Event

MDA Awards Venture Philanthropy Funding to Dr. Rachelle Crosbie to Develop a Novel Membrane-Stabilizing Drug for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Bennett Foundation donates $500,000 to Muscular Dystrophy Association in honor of the late TV Pioneer Bob Bennett

Sailormen Inc. Popeyes Raised $680,000 during 15th Annual Golf Classic and Appetite for a Cure Campaign for Lifesaving Work of Muscular Dystrophy Association

MDA Awards Venture Philanthropy Grant to Locana to Develop Novel Treatment for Muscular Dystrophy

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