In 1979, he started the fund's annual telethon for education on national television, with the singer Lou Rawls as host.

The annual telethon have covered the following diseases:

In 2012, Arashi was chosen to host the annual telethon, making it their third time being appointed as the main personality for the program.

In 1979, he started the fund's annual telethon with the singer Lou Rawls as the host, an event that has raised more than $100 million.

I was active with charities, with an annual telethon and did a lot of work with Coca-Cola there.

Since 1995 it has received major funding from an annual telethon.

Beginning in 1997, an annual telethon was set up and televised across the globe.

The annual telethon is held on Thanksgiving every year.

In the late 1950's, he became the host of the annual telethon to help raise monies for the nonprofit Muscular Distrophy Association.

From 2005 she has also been a regular co-presenter for the Comic Relief annual telethons.