NEWS IN MEDICINE: MDA SEEKS VOLUNTEER SUMMER CAMP COUNSELORS

The Muscular Dystrophy Association is currently seeking applications from people who would like to volunteer for a week as counselors at the MDA summer camp in Rocky Mount.

Volunteers act as companions to children or teenagers with neuromuscular diseases during the camp session to be held June 6-11. Counselors must be at least 16 years old and able to lift a child. They will be called upon to push wheelchairs and assist with grooming, dressing, and feeding, plus help kids participate in the fun activities that come with summer camp including swimming, horseback riding, arts and crafts, and canoeing.

For more information or to volunteer call the MDA office in Springfield at (417) 866-5117 or in Columbia at (573)442-5154 or the MDA national headquarters at (800) 572-1717.