2008 What Your Pledge Dollars Buy
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| $30 |
Flu Shot |
| $82 |
One minute of research |
| $100 |
One support group session |
| $150 |
One physical, occupational or respiratory therapy consultation |
| $200 |
Professional fees related to initial diagnostic work-up at an MDA clinic |
| $500 |
Assists one person for one year with the repair of a wheelchair or leg braces |
| $800 |
Sends one child to MDA summer camp |
| $2,000 |
Assists one person with the purchase of a wheelchair, leg braces or communication device |
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- 78.4 percent of every dollar MDA spends goes directly to research, services and education, the rest to fund raising and administration.
- MDA spends $82 a minute in its worldwide Research program, supporting some 400 teams.
- MDA spends $176 a minute in its Health Care Services program, including clinics and summer camp.
- MDA spends $46 a minute in its Professional and Public Health Education program, including publications, Web sites and research conferences.
- MDA maintains some 225 hospital-affiliated clinics, including some 38 MDA/ALS centers.
- MDA clinics are staffed by teams of top health professionals skilled in the diagnosis and medical management of neuromuscular diseases. Services provided at MDA clinics may include occupational therapy, selected diagnostic tests, genetic counseling, respiratory therapy and more.
- MDA is sponsoring some 90 weeklong summer camp sessions in 2008, serving more than 4,000 young people across the country and in Puerto Rico. More than 5,200 volunteers give a week of their time to serve as MDA camp counselors.
- 2008 Telethon raised a record $65 million in contributions and pledges.
- Telethon 2008 was viewed by more than 40 million people in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada, and by millions more worldwide via the Internet.
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