Volunteers needed for Labor Day telethon

Volunteers are needed to assist in the Muscular Dystrophy Assn.’s 2007 Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon, which will air live on KCAL Channel 9 from 6 p.m. Sept. 2 through 6 p.m. Sept. 3.

Mailroom volunteers and positions taking pledges and answering phones on live TV are needed. Volunteers to answer phones must be at least 18 years old. Prerequisites include a friendly personality and a desire to help.

The Muscular Dystrophy Assn. is a voluntary health agency working to defeat 43 neuromuscular diseases through worldwide research, services and professional and public health education.

Contact the local Muscular Dystrophy Assn. office in Santa Ana at (949) 251-0191 for a volunteer application, and for more information visit www.mdausa.org.

— Heidi Schultheis