- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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1 person is interested
2018 San Mateo Chili Cook Off
ORGANIZATION: Muscular Dystrophy Association - Greater San Francisco & Bay Area
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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1 person is interested
The San Mateo Chili Cook Off is an annual fundraising event put on by the San Mateo Firefighters Association benefiting MDA. The event takes place every last Saturday in August at Central Park in San Mateo, fire departments up and down the penninsula compete to be the best! In recent years, the event has grown to include live music, a classic car show, a kids area- complete with dunk tank and giant slide, and a home brew competition!
Thousands of penninsula residents join in the fun and we are looking for some key volunteers to help us run the event, welcoming guests, selling tickets, shirts, beer/wine, checking ID's, bookkeeping and so much more! We would need volunteers to sign up for shifts from either 10am-2pm or 1pm-5pm. Chili lunch and beverage provided.
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About Muscular Dystrophy Association - Greater San Francisco & Bay Area
Location:
1080 Marina Village Pkwy, Suite 500, Alameda, CA 94501, US
Mission Statement
MDA is leading the fight to free individuals -- and the families who love them -- from the harm of muscular dystrophy, ALS and related diseases that take away physical strength, independence and life. Together with our supporters, we’re helping kids and adults live longer and grow stronger.
Description
The freedom to walk, to talk, to run and play. To laugh, to hug. To eat. To breathe. Each day across the country, these everyday freedoms are taken away from kids and adults with muscular dystrophy, ALS and related diseases that weaken muscle strength and severely limit mobility.
MDA takes a big-picture perspective across neuromuscular diseases to uncover breakthroughs that will accelerate treatments and cures. The power in this research approach is that knowledge and information from one disease can often yield progress in others to speed urgently needed answers for families.
Here are some of MDA’s current highlights:
* Funding about 150 MDA research projects around the world
* Awarded nearly 70 MDA research grants in 2016 with a total funding commitment of more than $16 million
* Contributed to dozens of clinical trials now underway
* In 2016, the FDA approved the first disease-modifying drugs to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Central Park50 E 5th AveSan Mateo, CA 94401
DATE POSTED
August 6, 2018
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 16
- 7 hours total or two 5 hour shifts (10AM & 12PM)
- Sign up today! https://www.mda.org/get-involved/become-a-volunteer