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GRANTS PASS, Ore., May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, May 14, Dutch Bros and its customers raised a record breaking $1.9 million during its 15th annual Drink One for Dane day. The funds will be donated to the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), the leading non-profit organization in ALS research, care, advocacy, educational and professional programming.
To date, Dutch Bros has raised more than $10.3 million to support MDA’s ALS-designated multidisciplinary care centers for patients, as well as to fund research for a cause and cure.
"All of us at MDA are incredibly grateful to the leadership of Travis Boersma and Katie Hutchinson at Dutch Bros for rallying the support of their community to truly come together with our families, researchers, medical teams, staff and Board of Directors on May 14, to create a movement to find a cure to end this devastating disease, ALS," said Donald S. Wood, Ph.D, President and CEO of MDA. "The amount of awareness, and funds raised is essential at this critical moment when so much progress and momentum is underway with clinical trials for people diagnosed with ALS, and it brings so much hope for cures in the near future," he continued.