HUNTINGTON — Huntington firefighters filled boots with donations for a good cause Thursday. Source: Huntington firefighters ‘Fill the Boot’ with donations for MDA
Tag: muscular dystrophy
Staten Island charities help fund $92K accessible van for teen with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Michael’s Cause is named after Michael Capolongo, who was diagnosed in 2010 with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a fatal genetic disorder with no cure affecting 3,500 boys worldwide. Duchenne’s affects the heart and lungs and thus is fatal by the time a young man reaches his early 20s. Michael, 15, is…
LI woman with MD makes seat-belt covers for cancer survivors
Source: Newsday / Joie Tyrrell Seaford resident Chelsea Marks got the idea for a padded seat-belt cover to ease the post-surgical discomfort of breast cancer survivors when she herself was hospitalized, under treatment for an infection related to her muscular dystrophy. It was April, and Marks, 22, had three visitors in her room at Stony Brook…