JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) -
A Jackson organization is raising money to help children born with a genetic disorder.
Skylar Laine performed Saturday for the Stop Spinal Muscular Atrophy organization's Country Christmas fundraiser at Jackson Academy.
A number of parents and children born with the disorder also attended. Spinal Muscular Atrophy makes it hard for children to breath.
The concert is a fun event, but the move for more research is just beginning.
"We're a small organization. So we really don't have any overhead, you know, and we're all volunteers. So, it goes to research, and we have a research project at Emory University at Basil Labs that we are working on ways to treat S.M.A.," said Jeff Horton, President of Stop S.M.A.
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