Jimmy Valdes had a lot of things going for him: a good job, family and friends who loved and cared for him, and an optimistic outlook on life. But he had his challenges, too. Diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy when he was 4 years old, Jimmy says he thought that one milestone in many people’s . . .
At the age of 2, Lorraine Woodward was diagnosed with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD), and doctors told her parents that she would not live past 16 years old. Now, at age 54, she has more than outlived those early predictions and made a successful life as a wife, mother, volunteer and entrepreneur. From an early age Lorraine . . .
Doctor after doctor told Tira Ingersoll Foster that she wasn’t going to be able to have children. She proved them wrong, three times over. Tira with her husband Jimmy Born with a rare type of congenital myopathy, Tira is now mom to three healthy children: 5-year-old Tacari, 10-year-old Jaiden and 14-year-old Nylah. “I motivated myself and . . .
This year, MDA is celebrating 30 years of partnering with CITGO Petroleum Corp. to help save and improve the lives of kids and adults – and the families who love them – living with muscular dystrophy, ALS and related muscle-debilitating diseases. Throughout those 30 years, CITGO has made a difference in the lives of so many, . . .
As MDA’s top Shamrocks retailer and a huge supporter of MDA Summer Camp, Lowe’s has helped families live unlimited. Since 2001, they have raised more than $57 million through MDA’s Shamrocks program to help improve lives in hometowns across America and build stronger futures for kids and adults with muscular dystrophy, ALS and related life-threatening . . .
