NALC's national bowling event to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy Association

Thousands of members of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), an organization affiliated with the AFL-CIO, will head for scores of local bowling centers across the nation on Sunday, Nov. 6.  The goal for the one-day national bowling event is to raise more than $500,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).

As part of the union's third national "Deliver the Cure" bowl-a-thon, letter carriers participating raise money to help MDA advance worldwide research seeking treatments and cures for progressive muscle diseases by seeking donations from friends and acquaintances.  Local merchants in many markets are helping, too, by sponsoring individual lanes of play.

"Letter carriers are amazing," MDA President & CEO Gerald C. Weinberg said.  "In addition to successfully delivering trillions of pieces of mail during the past 59 years, NALC members have devoted substantial personal time to raising millions of dollars for lifesaving MDA research and health care services programs."

"Our members are tireless champions for MDA," explained NALC President Fred Rolando.  "We just completed a national 'Satchel' drive for MDA, and we'll soon be having fun bowling strikes and spares to raise even more funds for vital MDA-sponsored research, outstanding MDA clinics, support groups and summer camps for children living with progressive muscle diseases."

NALC became MDA's first national sponsor in 1952, added Rolando, and "our nearly 300,000 members remain committed to helping MDA stamp out muscular dystrophy, ALS and other neuromuscular diseases."