Ray Spooner, 1959 – 2016

A bright light in our community has been extinguished. Ray Spooner — beloved husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, nurse midwife and cyclist — died yesterday, August 8, 2016, of ALS. Ray was diagnosed in 2014, just months after participating in the inaugural Ice Bucket Challenge, and in 2015 set off to cross an item off . . .

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Living Unlimited at MDA Summer Camp

MDA Summer Camp is often described as the “best week of the year” for campers. But those are just words — to truly appreciate the magic, the community, the joy of MDA Summer Camp, you have to go there in person. That’s why we partnered this summer with Women Online to invite 10 incredible mommy bloggers to see . . .

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The kids thank YOU for another great year of MDA Summer Camp!

Again in 2016, MDA Summer Camps have provided more than 3,500 kids with muscular dystrophy and related muscle-debilitating diseases “the best week of the year!” At MDA Summer Camp, kids live beyond limits in a place where anything is possible. It’s a week where they’re been free to enjoy adventures like horseback riding, swimming and fishing, and they reconnected with friends, . . .

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What You Did: Your #LiveUnlimited Impact

This summer, as thousands of you joined our #LiveUnlimited campaign… With your support, the urgent work we do continues every day. In the coming months, the thousands of dollars raised during the #LiveUnlimited campaign will help MDA fund more new initiatives such as… And there’s much more in the works. Led by MDA families living . . .

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Bringing Smiles and Making a Difference through MDA’s Aisles of Smiles Program

Longtime MDA partner Acosta Sales & Marketing has been committed to helping families live unlimited for more than two decades ago through MDA’s Aisles of Smiles program. The program began as the brainchild of Hank Lautrup, a food broker employed by Southern California-based Kelley-Clarke Inc. At the time, Lautrup’s son had been recently diagnosed with . . .

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Harley-Davidson® Brings Freedom to MDA Summer Camp and Beyond

The distinctive sound of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle is widely recognized and loved by many MDA Summer Camp campers and counselors. For them, that sound is synonymous with freedom and that’s because of the ongoing support and commitment of Harley-Davidson and their dealer network or dealers. In 2015 alone, more than 59 Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.) . . .

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Supporting kids at MDA Summer Camp, Casey’s helps them reach their full potential

For companies like Casey’s, supporting their community and giving back is not only part of their mission, but it also helps define them as a company. Over the past nine years, Casey’s has supported MDA and the MDA Summer Camp program by raising more than $6.6 million. Their support has helped kids with muscular dystrophy . . .

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Building Stronger Futures Together to Help Families Live Unlimited

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 . . .

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