Man with CMT Awarded for MDA achievements

September 7, 2009

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Steve Marsh of Massillon has received the Muscular Dystrophy Association's 2009

Ross Personal Achievement Award for Ohio.

Marsh, 50, was selected for the honor because of his dedication to achieving

personal success, and for his commitment to helping others grow and succeed.

Marsh will accept the award during the local broadcast of the 2009 Jerry

MDA Telethon today on WYTV, Channel 33 in Youngstown.

Initiated in 1992, the awards program recognizes accomplishments and community

service of people with disabilities caused by any of the diseases in MDA's

program. Marshhas Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is a disorder that causes

damage to the peripheral nerves.

Marsh, who received a diagnosis of CMT at the age of 3, earned a bachelor of

arts in accounting in 1990 and currently is completing his MBA at Walsh

University in North Canton. He has worked as an accountant at Cargill in Akron

for 27 years.

Marsh has dedicated 18 years to coaching Little League baseball, including seven

years as a coach for the Challenger Baseball League. He has coached youth

basketball for six years; served two years in an adult literacy program helping

adults learn to read and served as a Big Brother in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters

program for five years.

Marsh dedicates time to helping MDA, attending clinic and helping raise

awareness and funds at programs and events such as golf tournaments that have

raised over $41,000 for MDA over the last eight years, Lock-Ups, Shamrocks

Against Dystrophy, the Jerry MDA Telethon and MDA support groups.

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