Labor Day weekend will be very different. There will still be a Muscular Dystrophy Association Labor Day Telethon, but Jerry Lewis won’t be hosting. After 44 years as host, he’s retiring, but will ...

That’s often the unofficial motto of any fundraising campaign. The same could be true for “Jerry’s Kids,” a national program started by actor and singer Jerry Lewis in partnership with the Muscular ...

A slowing economy might mean people are spending less in some parts of the country, but the Muscular Dystrophy Association saw a jump in its donations during the 36th annual Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon ...

Jerry Lewis, the ubiquitous host of the annual Labor Day weekend telethon to benefit the Tucson-based Muscular Dystrophy Association, is retiring after 45 years. The September broadcast will be his ...

NEW YORK — For 45 years, many Americans identified the Muscular Dystrophy Association with one man and one event — comedian Jerry Lewis and his annual Labor Day telethon. The MDA dropped Lewis as its ...

ST. LOUIS — 5 On Your Side’s annual telethon benefitting the Muscular Dystrophy Association is back Labor Day weekend. Anchor Mike Bush will again host the “MDA Show of Strength” with co-hosts Anne ...

Why former telethon participants are protesting the return of the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s most famous fundraising effort. Jerry Lewis makes his opening remarks at the 25th Anniversary of the ...

LAS VEGAS -- After 45 years promoting treatment and a cure for children he calls "my kids," comedian Jerry Lewis announced this week he is retiring as host of the Labor Day Muscular Dystrophy ...