Poker Run to help ill local boy

Southern Thunder Cruisers sponsoring Saturdays benefit

Jason Michael Carpenter is pictured with his father Jason at a fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association earlier this year. Four-year-old Jason suffers from CMT1E, a rare nerve disorder. - photo by Special

Jason carpenter for web — Jason Michael Carpenter is pictured with his father Jason at a fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association earlier this year. Four-year-old Jason suffers from CMT1E, a rare nerve disorder. - photo by Special

For their eighth annual Poker Run on Saturday, Statesboro’s Southern Thunder Cruisers hope to help offset the mounting medical bills of a local family whose 4-year-old son suffers from a rare nerve disorder. All proceeds from the Poker Run will benefit the family of Jason Michael Carpenter II, who suffers from CMT1E, a type of Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy. The family left for their yearly visit to the nearest specialist on Tuesday, traveling to Wayne State University in Detroit, said Christie Carpenter, Jason Michael’s mother.

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