Daphne’s
California Greek Restaurant Hosts Event to Raise Awareness and Funds for Rare
Disease
Dine Out on June 21 to raise money for Myotonic Dystrophy
Roseville, Calif., June 1, 2013 — In the U.S.,
nearly one in every ten Americans suffer from a rare disease and over 100,000
of them are living with the most common form of muscular dystrophy called
Myotonic Dystrophy (DM). Local residents can help raise funds to help fight
this disease by dining at Daphne’s Greek Restaurant, which is hosting “Dine Out
for DM” and will donate a percentage of the evening’s sales to the Myotonic
Dystrophy Foundation (MDF). MDF is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing
the lives of people living with DM and helping find treatments and a cure for
the disease.
Dine in and take-out food qualifies but be sure you print out and bring the
fundraising flyer, which can be downloaded at: http://myotonic.org/daphnes-dine-out-dm-fundraiser-flyers
About Myotonic Dystrophy: Described as “the most variable of all
diseases found in medicine”, myotonic dystrophy is an inherited disorder that
can appear at any age and that manifests differently in each individual. The
most common form of muscular dystrophy, DM affects somewhere between 1:3,000
and 1:8,000 people worldwide, and can cause muscle weakness, atrophy and
myotonia, as well as problems in the heart, brain, GI tract, endocrine,
skeletal and respiratory systems.
About the Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation: The Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation
(MDF) is the world’s largest DM patient organization. Its mission is to
enhance the lives of people living with myotonic dystrophy, and advance
research efforts focused on finding treatment and a cure for this disorder
through education, advocacy and outreach.