BLACK-TIE AFFAIR PLANNED MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION TO HOLD FIRST LOCAL FUND-RAISER.Byline: Sharon Cotal Staff Writer The Muscular Dystrophy Association The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is an organization founded in 1950 which combats muscular dystrophy and diseases of the nervous system and muscular system in general by funding research, providing medical and community services, and educating health professionals will hold its first local fund-raiser at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Hyatt Valencia on Town Center Drive. Event coordinators of the MDA (1) (Monochrome Display Adapter) The first IBM PC monochrome video display standard for text. Due to its lack of graphics, MDA cards were often replaced with Hercules cards, which provided both text and graphics. See PC display modes and Hercules Graphics. Hope Project hope to raise $50,000, all of which will stay in Santa Clarita to fund research clinics, support groups, equipment and trips to summer camp for children who have the disease. The black-tie dinner and auction will honor local residents Dale Donohoe, president of Intertex, and Kevin Malone, general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers "Dodgers" and "Brooklyn Dodgers" redirect here. For the American football team, see Brooklyn Dodgers (football). For the Eastern Basketball Association team, see Brooklyn Dodgers (basketball). , for their community achievements, and 7-year-old Colton Schwartz for his optimism and courage in the face of his illness. Colton, a first-grader at Stevenson Ranch Elementary School, has been selected as junior chairman of the event and is looking forward to attending, although he is a little bashful bash·ful adj. 1. Shy, self-conscious, and awkward in the presence of others. See Synonyms at shy1. 2. Characterized by, showing, or resulting from shyness, self-consciousness, or awkwardness. about it, according to his dad, Bob Schwartz. ``He's acting as our goodwill ambassador for this inaugural event. A lot of people know him and are coming because of him,'' Schwartz said. Colton was born with muscular dystrophy muscular dystrophy (dĭs`trōfē), any of several inherited diseases characterized by progressive wasting of the skeletal muscles. There are five main forms of the disease. , which causes gradual but irreversible muscle deterioration. He does well, his dad said, but occasionally uses a wheelchair. ``He's limited physically, but he's a gadget guy who's a whiz with electronics, the computer and video games This article is about the British magazine covering computer and video games. For the American magazine, see Computer Games Magazine. Computer And Video Games (CVG ,'' Schwartz said. Schwartz and his wife, Ann, have been active with the Muscular Dystrophy Association since Colton was diagnosed as an infant, and are helping to organize Friday's event because they want to do something locally, not just to help Colton but the hundreds of people in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. who are affected by a neuromuscular disease. There is currently no treatment available for muscular dystrophy sufferers, and no cure for the disease. ``That's what motivates Ann and I to do this,'' Schwartz said. ``You can't just look at your son and tell him that nothing can be done. We had to do something.'' Tickets to MDA Project Hope are $125 and can be obtained by calling the MDA's Burbank office at (818) 848-7000. |
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