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Support the fight against muscular dystrophy

Half a century of help...millions to fight muscular dystrophy

America's letter carriers have helped lead the search for a cure for neuromuscular diseases for half a century.

Download the NALC MDA Donation Allocation Form.

Please contact nalc@mdausa.org with questions or concerns.

Fundraising report form

Locally raised funds must be turned over to your local MDA office or mailed to the National MDA office in Chicago. Deliver or mail your donation as close as possible to the date the funds were raised and include a completed NALC/MDA Allocation form along with your check or money order. Click here to download the form.

Please mail NALC Headquarters a copy of any receipts or checks along with a copy of the NALC/MDA Allocation so that your branch can be properly recognized. NALC/MDA Allocation must be turned in the same calendar year of the event (no later than December 28th) in order to qualify for the NALC Honor Roll for that year.

Locally raised funds must be turned over to the national MDA office in Chicago.

Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc
Attn: NALC
PO Box 7410354
Chicago, IL 60674-0354

News Updates

Here are a few ways we encourage your Branch to get involved:

Virtual Fundraising: Looking for a creative way to do bowl-a-thons, happy hours, satchel drives and other fundraising events in the midst of the pandemic? You can start a fundraising campaign online, share your story, start an event, log your activity and more at mda.donordrive.com/event/NALC2025.

Connect with MDA: MDA has a team ready to support our NALC Branches. Want to brainstorm fundraising ideas, or have a question on how they can help? Reach out!

Email: nalc@mdausa.org
Call: (312) 392-1100

Offline Donations: Remember, be sure to send any offline revenue to MDA using the NALC Allocation form (enclosed) so we can be sure your Branch gets credit! Note a new MDA mailing address for 2021!

Branch MDA representatives are reminded to deliver all money collected each year, along with activity forms, to MDA by Dec. 28. Activity form copies should be sent to the attention of Christina Vela Davidson at NALC Headquarters also by Dec. 28.

MDA 2024 Honor Roll

NALC’s annual MDA Honor Roll recognizes branches for their fundraising efforts for the union’s official charity in 2024. The top spots for each of 10 branch membership size categories and the branch with the largest overall total are celebrated with an opportunity to attend a special function designated by President Renfroe.

The Honor Roll is followed by a list of reported MDA fundraising results. Next to each branch’s name is the total they raised for the year.

The total raised in 2023 was $1,125,912.18.

Deliver the Cure with MDA Guidebook

The updated Deliver the Cure with MDA Guidebook is now available for download.

In it, you’ll find information about:

the longstanding partnership between NALC and MDA
how to get involved and make a difference
keys to a successful fundraiser
partnership guidelines
Combined Federal Campaign opportunities
important information about securing funds

—and a whole lot more.

Click here to download the guidebook (PDF). (updated and fixed)
Click here to download the template for the letter to request a monetary donation (MS Word).
Click here to download the template for the letter to request an in-kind gift item (MS Word).

NALC supports MDA through…

Summer camps: Wonderful opportunities for children living with muscular dystrophy to spend time with kids who are just like them, doing activities adapted to their needs and establishing new friendships. NALC members are proud of the fundraising work we do all year long to support research to one day deliver a cure and to help make camps like these a reality. Volunteer for a summer camp near you by going here.

Muscle Walks: A series of fun, non-competitive local walks held across the country, funding research and services for people with any of more than 40 muscle-damaging diseases. Muscle Walks provides an opportunity to honor adults and children with any of the more than 40 muscle diseases in MDA’s program, walk to have fun and get some light exercise, and raise funds to help MDA support research and provide vital services to families affected by neuromuscular disease.

Bowlathons: One more way NALC can show how serious we are about our long partnership with MDA. For some branches, it might have been years since they’ve done any sort of MDA fund-raising. Others may never have. An event such as a bowlathon gives branches a project they can plug right into, with a goal of increasing branch and letter carrier participation.

Fill the Satchel: Letter carriers, in uniform and with their postal satchels, set up at various locations around the country, collecting from motorists, pedestrians, shoppers—and even from the crowds heading into sports venues.

MDA Quest Magazine and Podcast

Keep up with the latest from MDA in Quest magazine and podcast.

Combined Federal Campaign

The Combined Federal Campaign number for the Muscular Dystrophy Association is 10561.

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