Buy a Shamrock Today, Help Fight Back Against Muscle Disease

Chances are you’ve walked into your local grocery store, convenience store, home improvement store or neighborhood restaurant during February and March and seen green paper shamrocks lining the windows and walls.

Nearly 31,000 dedicated retail locations unite with the Muscular Dystrophy Association every year to make a bold statement by raising awareness and critical donations to help people with muscular dystrophy, ALS and other related life-threatening diseases live longer and stay stronger.  

Muscle disease takes away everyday abilities like walking, jumping, running, dancing, hugging and sometimes even swallowing, talking or breathing.

Every MDA shamrock you see represents progress in the fight to end muscle disease.

How do paper shamrocks help save lives? Here’s how it works:

1. Generous retailers and their employees in communities nationwide sell MDA shamrocks to customers at check-out for $1, $5 and larger contributions.
2. When you add a shamrock to your purchase, your shamrock is scanned and added to your receipt. You write your name on the shamrock and it is displayed proudly in the store.
3. Every contribution — one dollar at a time — adds up to help support families living with muscle disease through state-of-the-art clinics, summer camps, support groups and more. They also enable MDA to fund worldwide research to find treatments and cures. Read more about how shamrock donations make an impact here. 

   Find Shamrock Retailers in Your Community

   With tens of thousands of retail locations participating in the MDA Shamrock program — our nation’s largest St. Patrick’s Day fundraiser — you can easily fight back against muscle disease where you regularly shop to help kids and adults live longer and stay stronger. MDA is grateful to these national Shamrock partners who are helping conquer muscle disease. Contact your local MDA office to learn more about the retailers selling MDA shamrocks in your community. Did you know … ? Eight out of 10 of the top fast food chains in America participate in the MDA Shamrock program or another MDA fundraising program at check-out. Three out of five of the top convenience store chains in America participate in the MDA Shamrock program or another MDA fundraising program at check-out. Five out of 10 of the top grocery store chains in America participate in the MDA Shamrock program or another MDA fundraising program at check-out.