Telethon News

Courtenay - The 2014 Comox Valley Child Development Centre Telethon will happen Nov. 4 in Courtenay, B.C., Canada. Organizers hope to raise even more than the $77,000 from the 2013 telethon. The CVCDA assists more than 800 children and their families each year.

An online telethon benefiting a youth charity will be carried live on YouTube on December 13, 2012 beginning at 9 p.m. ET.

The "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon, shown Friday on 25 different networks around the world, had by Saturday raised $58 million, with organizers saying that donations continue to be received.

Friday night Haitians were able to hear that the world is behind them as the global telethon 'Hope for Haiti Now' aired on a nationwide radio station based out of the destroyed capital, Port-au-Prince.

A global telethon to assist the aide efforts in Haiti will air, simultaneously, on Jan. 22, on 11 television and cable networks.

When many think of Labour Day they also think of the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. New this year will be the use of the social media networks Twitter and Facebook helping to raise awareness and money in the fight against muscular dystrophy.

Jerry Lewis sets a goal for his annual Labor Day Telethon that benefits the Muscular Dystrophy Association of $1 more than the previous year. He met that mark, plus almost $3 million this time.

It's Labour Day Weekend. You know what that means. Last days at the cottage, quick school shopping and Jerry Lewis live on TV. The Jerry Lewis Telethon has been going for 41 years.