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MDA Video Win's Award!

Throughout the year, UCA State Directors raise money for Muscle Dystrophy Association (MDA). They do a variety of fundraisersto raise money, like hold jump offs at their competitions and host fundraising events.

Each year UCA Regional Manager, Lauri Harris, heads up the MDA project. She had done a great job getting the UCA State Directors involved with MDA and thought it was time to get coaches and their squads involved by supporting an MDA Muscle Walk in their area. To help spread the word she, along with some help from local squads, created a Flash Mob video and called it "How many muscles does it take to walk?"

Lauri did such an amazing job with the video that this year, MDA was the recipient of the annual Pacesetter Award for Best Online Video. The Run Walk Ride Pacesetter Award recognizes the best work in the field of non-profit online videos! Past winners include Susan G Komen and American Cancer Society.

For the past 20 years, the UCA Staff has presented MDA with a check at the Labor Day Telethon and every year has raised enough money to present MDA with a check of $50,000. Once the staff has presented MDA with a check, they get to show off their skills by performing live on the Labor Day Telethon.

Congratulations to Lauri Harris for creating such an amazing video!

Watch the MDA Muscle Walk Flash Mob video!

Watch the UCA/UDA 2010 MDA Telethon Performance!

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