Editing Telethon (section)

====France====
In France, since 1987, an annual ''[[:fr:Téléthon en France|Téléthon]]'', for the muscular dystrophy charity in France (see also [[Decrypthon]]), ''[[:fr:Association française contre les myopathies|L'Association française contre les myopathies]]'', is held by [[France 2]] on the first or second weekend in December, with the support of [[France 3]] and [[France 5]], and the public radio networks ([[France Inter]], [[France Info]], [[France Bleu]]). Several events are organized all around France. Donations are made by telephone or at the Téléthon's website, or on mobile web portals, as well as through SMS messaging (and also [[Minitel]] in the past). The 2007 edition earned €96,228,136 (US$141,089,693) during the program and €102.3 million after final collection.<ref>AFM: [http://www.afm-france.org/ewb_pages/e/evenements-telethon2007-millemercis.php Le Téléthon 2007 aura permis de collecter 102,3 millions d'euros] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130060105/http://www.afm-france.org/ewb_pages/e/evenements-telethon2007-millemercis.php |date=2009-01-30 }}.</ref>