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544 days ago
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Muscular Dystrophy Association
WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS (Wicked Local) - National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 34, headquarters in Woburn, has raised $23,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
America’s letter carriers have helped lead the search for a cure for neuromuscular disease since 1952. Letter carriers are among MDA’s top fund-raisers through events such as bowl-a-thons, walks, fill-the-satchels, shamrocks and golf tournaments.
NALC Branch 34, which is headquartered in Woburn, but has stations all across eastern Massachusetts, continued that tradition by presenting MDA with $23,000 at its monthly meeting and holiday party in Quincy on Tuesday, Dec. 13.
MDA executive director Kate Tighe and health dare services coordinator Breanne Gingerich presented Branch 34 Coordinator George Adams with a plaque thanking him for decades of leadership in support of the branch’s fundraising efforts to benefit MDA.
MDA is the nonprofit health agency dedicated to curing muscular dystrophy, ALS and related diseases by funding worldwide research. The Association also provides comprehensive healthcare and support services, advocacy and education. MDA presently has $91.4 million in active research grants underway, including 28 notable initiatives at a number of Massachusetts universities totaling more than $11.7 million.
In addition to annually funding about 300 research teams worldwide, MDA maintains a national network of some 200 hospital-affiliated clinics; facilitates hundreds of support groups for families affected by neuromuscular diseases; and provides extraordinary local summer camp opportunities for thousands of youngsters fighting progressive muscle diseases.
The National Association of Letter Carriers is the representing union of some 240,000 professional members of the United States Postal Service who deliver mail to homes and businesses across the U.S. The NALC represents one of MDA’s first National sponsoring organizations.
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