Colorado Springs Puts Local Executives Behind Bars

Community leaders and business owners from the greater Colorado Springs area have volunteered to be "locked up" to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). These elite members of the community will be soliciting donations prior to their jail-time in an attempt to make their bail of $2,000. Jailbirds will be arrested by volunteering "arresting officers" from the Air Force, taken to The Warehouse where they will be booked, photographed, and charged with having a big heart. Once and hour of jail-time is endured, jailbirds will be released with a clean record and MDA's sincerest appreciation for raising funds to help those affected by neuromuscular diseases in their communities.

MDA's Telethon Executive Lock-Up is associated with the annual Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon and allows video of the lock-up to be aired during the live, nationally televised event. Highest bail raisers are given the opportunity to present a check to MDA during the Telethon, as well.

The Telethon Executive Lock-Up helps over 1,800 families in Colorado served by MDA. Funds raised will help MDA provide comprehensive program of services, including clinics at University Hospital and Children's Hospital, summer camp for kids ages six to 17, a loan closet with durable medical equipment, and nearly $1 million in local funding for neuromuscular disease research.

Top fundraisers for the Colorado Springs Telethon Executive Lock-Up are:

• Wes Clark, SAIC, $1,850
• Joyce Robbins, Del LLC, $1,000
• Jason James, Mike Shaw Buick, $900