More than 200 business and civic leaders from throughout the Myrtle Beach area will be “arrested” and put “behind bars” for the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Lock-Up fundraiser on March 25th, between 9 AM to 4 PM at Myrtle Beach Harley-Davidson.
Accused of having big hearts and being heavily armed with kindness, the “jailbirds” volunteered to be part of MDA’s Lock-Up in order to raise “bail” by encouraging friends, family, co-workers and business contacts to make contributions to MDA that will directly benefit families in the greater Myrtle Beach area living with progressive muscle diseases.
MDA also assists jailbirds in creating personalized Lock-Up donation websites to help raise their bail ahead of time online. The links for these websites can be emailed to friends, family and co-workers who could make secure online donations. Please go to www.mdalockup.org/myrtlebeachlockup2015 to donate to a jailbird.
“It’s amazing how our community jailbirds have rallied around the MDA as they continue to raise bail donations,” explained the MDA Executive Director, Melissa Sinclair. “The actual day of the Lock-Up will be a fun celebration of the work each person did to help families living with neuromuscular diseases right here in our community.”
Lock-Ups are one of MDA’s signature fundraising programs, benefiting local individuals living with muscular dystrophy, ALS and related progressive muscle diseases in the greater Myrtle Beach area.
The event also will help send Myrtle Beach-area youngsters to a special week at MDA summer camp that will take place at Camp Hanes, June 7 – 12 in King, North Carolina. Youngsters with muscle diseases, as well as the many volunteers who help create magic at MDA summer camp each year, enjoy a wide variety of activities designed specifically for youngsters with limited mobility. Some activities include horseback riding, swimming, football, and arts and crafts.
MDA is a non-profit organization providing clinical services, free medical equipment, support groups and a summer camp program to the families with muscular dystrophy living in Myrtle Beach and surrounding counties. MDA, as a national organization, is working towards funding a cure for the 43 types of neuromuscular diseases including ALS, Duchenne, SMA, Myasthenia Gravis and more. For additional information on MDA, the diseases we cover or the services we provide, please visit www.mda.org. MDA is amongst the highest rated charities with $.77 of every dollar raised going directly to providing benefits to the families we serve.
For more information about MDA’s Lock-Up campaign, please contact Liz Shirley at (910) 763-3114 or eshirley@mdausa.org
