Local youth battling disease
EVANS CITY — Corbin Edge has lived with type 1 diabetes since he was 18-months-old. Now 13, Corbin is raising money to battle the disease and speaking out to encourage others to do the same.
Corbin, of Evans City, was selected as the 2017-18 Youth Ambassador for the Western Pennsylvania Diabetes Association. He was the keynote speaker at Saturday's Step Out Walk to Stop Diabetes in Pittsburgh, which raises money for the American Diabetes Association.
“I want to help other kids dealing with diabetes,” he said.
Corbin has raised more than $17,500 over the last few years for the American Diabetes Association. Nanet Edge, Corbin's mother, said he wanted to start raising money for the association several years ago so they brainstormed ways to do it.
A full report appears in the Butler Eagle.
