Monday, March 12, 2018



         
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:          Linda Richardson                  
                        Director of Business Development
                        412-823-3094
                        lrichardson@mdausa.org    
Toast to a Cure Gala Receives $5,000 for Artwork from Sarepta

PITTSBURGH, PA MARCH, 2018 — Several children with Muscular Dystrophy and their families gathered at the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum to create collaborative artwork. The artists at the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum https://pittsburghkids.org/ were a tremendous help and made the work of creating original artwork a fun and creative event. The Children’s Museum’s Viv Shaffer, Accessibility and inclusion Coordinator and Carina Kooiman, Art Studio Manager handled every detail. This artwork will be auctioned off at our Pittsburgh Toast to a Cure Gala on March 22nd. One masterpiece caught the eye of https://www.sarepta.com/  Sarepta’s CEO, the artwork is being sold at $5,000. A great sum to help our Western PA MDA and ALS families. More than 350 business, community and civic leaders are putting their muscle behind finding urgently needed treatments and cures for muscular dystrophy, ALS and related diseases at the Circuit Center Ballroom.
The Western PA MDA https://www.mda.org/office/pittsburgh office is very grateful for the support from Sarepta. Thank you for helping us find treatments that are more than effective, for supporting our event and interest in helping our local Western PA families. The Toast to a Cure Gala at the Circuit Center Ballroom will be held from 6 – 10 pm with a VIP reception to start at 5:30pm on March 22nd. Guests will enjoy a night complete with musical entertainment, games, live and silent auctions and great food. All helping to raise critical funds and awareness to help kids and adults in the Western PA area with life-threatening muscle-debilitating diseases live longer and grow stronger.
            Honorees are Dr. Udai Pandey for his research into ALS. Ken, Nick and Eric Sinagra for their advocacy, cutting edge technology and overall connection to the MDA. Joining them are our local goodwill ambassadors and WTAE celebrities Janelle Hall and Andrew Stockey.                                 Over the years t
he MDA Gala www.toasttolife.org in Pittsburgh has raised more than $2 million to support more than 2,000 individuals and families throughout Western PA and WV with life-enhancing resources and services.
Our sponsors including Citgo, Highmark, Babst Calland, UPMC, IBEW Local 5, United Steel Workers, IUOE Local 66, USA Compressions, 84 Lumber, Central Data Services, The Meadows and others. Contributions help MDA’s efforts in funding groundbreaking research and programs, including the MDA Care Centers for Western PA which are located at UPMC Hospitals in Pittsburgh, Erie and Morgantown, WV. Funds raised also helped send 59 local kids to “the best week of the year” at MDA Summer Camp 2017 at no cost to their families at Camp Kon-O-Kwee.
            Interested in our artwork or attending the Gala? F
or more information about MDA’s services, please contact us at our MDA office at 412-823-3094 or email lrichardson@mdausa.org.  
About MDA
            MDA is leading the fight to free individuals — and the families who love them — from the harm of muscular dystrophy, ALS and related muscle-debilitating diseases that take away physical strength, independence and life. We use our collective strength to help kids and adults live longer and grow stronger by finding research breakthroughs across diseases; caring for individuals from day one; and empowering families with services and support in hometowns across America.
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Learn how you can fund cures, find care and champion the cause at mda.org.
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