MDA assists with purchase and repair of wheelchairs or leg braces when prescribed by MDA clinic physicians. MDA provides youngsters age 6-21 in your community with summer camping activities geared to the special needs of those with neuromuscular diseases. In 1999, MDA sponsored 85 camp sessions for more than 4,000 young people. MDA camps are staffed by health professionals who volunteer their services. Each camper also has his or her own volunteer counselor, usually a high school or college student.
Counselors often continue their friendships with campers on a year-round basis.
It also publishes and distributes a vast array of educational materials targeted at those MDA serves in your community and at those who support MDA's cause through donations of time or funds. MDA Accreditation MDA is one of 64 member health agencies of the Community Health Charities, which represents MDA in the Combined Federal Campaign. From the time this fund-raising program was established in 1957, MDA has annually met the government's strict standards for agency objectives, administrative integrity and financial responsibility. In your state, county and city, MDA operates in accordance with all ordinances and regulations governing fund-raising activities and has never been denied a license anywhere. Concerned individuals young and old contribute their time and energy to the fight against neuromuscular disease in communities across the country.