Middle Georgia State students raise money for cystic fibrosis

The members of MGREAT – the Middle Georgia Respiratory Education Action Team, a recognized student organization for Respiratory Therapy students at Middle Georgia State – met 16-year-old Logan Price in August, when he spoke to the group about his experience as a cystic fibrosis patient.

Following Price’s talk, the members of MGREAT decided to help. Hunter Jackson, a sophomore from Warner Robins, proposed designing and selling a special t-shirt, with proceeds going directly to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The members found sponsors to help pay the costs of having shirts printed, and offered them for sale over the past months. Their efforts paid off – the group has made a donation of $3,339 to the foundation in Price’s name.

There is currently no federal funding to research cures or treatments for the disease, which affects about 30,000 people in the United States today, according to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s website. The disease is “a life-threatening, genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections and progressively limits the ability to breathe.”

This story was originally published April 28, 2016 at 4:38 PM with the headline "Middle Georgia State students raise money for cystic fibrosis."