TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Before crowdfunding or social media fundraisers, there was the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon — a Toledo tradition that brought the community together every year to raise money ...

What began as a $50 backyard fundraiser inspired by Jerry Lewis has become a half-century tradition raising more than $760,000 for MDA HINGHAM, Mass., Aug. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- In 1976, a young ...

Only a week after Jerry Lewis paused briefly from his evisceration of all show business and the troubling condition of the human soul to deflect questions about his annual Labor Day telethon, the ...

The first 24-hour Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon aired 60 years ago on Saturday. The staple of Labor Day weekend featured established stars like Dolly Parton and young comics like ...