MSU Organizations Raise Money and Awareness for EB

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, Miss. (WCBI) -Two groups at Mississippi State are making great strides in helping a Starkville boy battling a rare disease.

The Montgomery Leadership Program and the Army ROTC Battalion sponsored a 5K run Wednesday on the MSU campus.

Over 400 people showed up for the event to support Gabe Valentine, a third grader at Henderson Ward Stewart Elementary.

8 year old Gabe suffers from a skin disease called Epidermolysis Bullosa, or EB.

The event raised over $10,000.00. That money  will go to the EB Research Partnership.