LAS VEGAS, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The annual Muscular Dystrophy fundraising telethon will ask viewers to help victims of Hurricane Gustav, host Jerry Lewis said Sunday in Las Vegas.
Lewis, the Muscular Dystrophy Association national chairman, said in a news release he would use the annual Labor Day telethon to encourage families registered with MDA who are being evacuated from their homes to seek out MDA services when they reach shelters or other destinations. MDA said it has almost 5,000 registered families in the areas affected by the Gulf Coast evacuation.