Charlotte MDA Muscle team website is the North Carolina link to MDA and ALS services. The Muscle TeamŽ 2008 Coaches are building another winning team in the fight against neuromuscular diseases and we would like for you to be on our team.

An Event to Benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association

MDA Uses Donations Efficiently:
Almost all funding comes from voluntary private donations raised throughout the year. The Association seeks no governmental funding, United Way funds or fees from those it serves. MDA is consistently rated one of the most efficient of national voluntary health agencies.
  • 74.6% of every dollar MDA spends goes directly to research, health care services and education.
  • MDA has provided $84.9 million this year for its Health Care Services program
  • MDA has provided $22.2 million this year for its Professional and Public Health Education program.
  • MDA has provided $34.2 million this year for research, funding 400 projects worldwide
  • MDA maintains some 240 hospital-affiliated clinics, including 35 MDA/ALS Centers
  • MDA Clinics are staffed by teams of top health professionals skilled at 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 sponsored 90 weeklong summer camp sessions in 2004, serving more than 4,100 young people across the country and in Puerto Rico.

Thursday, May 15, 2008
6 p.m. • Bank of America Stadium
Charlotte, North Carolina
Phone: (704) 567-2912
Email: CharlotteMDA


    What Your Dollars Will Buy
Contribution Services
$25 Flu Shot
$85 One minute of research
$100 One support group session
$150 One physical, occupational or respiratory therapy consultation
$200 Professional fees related to initial diagnosis work-up at MDA clinic
$500 Assist one person for one year with a repair of 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

MDA in the Carolinas: Funds raised at Muscle TeamŽ 2008 will help local families living with neuromuscular diseases. MDA provides the following services to families in the Carolinas
  • MDA funded clinics at:
  • Carolinas Medical Center (a designated MDA/ALS Center)
  • Wake Forest University Physicians
  • Duke University Medical Center
  • Western Carolina Neurological consultants
  • Palmetto Richland MDA Clinic
  • Spartanburg Neurological Services
  • Chapel Hill University of NC Hospital
  • MDA Summer Camps in York, SC; Columbia, SC; and Stokesdale, NC
  • Local MDA Support Groups including Young Adult group, ALS Group and General MD Group
  • Funding for the purchase and repair of wheelchairs, leg braces and communication devices.
  • Funding for flu shots
  • MDA funded research