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Notes on a Party

The Westin Copley Place in Boston was the location for this year’s ALS TDI White Coat Affair, a dinner and fundraiser that followed the organization’s 10th Annual Leadership Summit last week. Rob and I skipped the week of summit meetings, but showed up unfashionably on time for the party on Saturday night.

Corey Reich was sitting towards the entrance when the event began, looking his usual dapper self in a striped tie. I don’t like to hog Corey at these things, because I’m lucky enough to get to see him and his amazing family with some regularity back home.

I was introduced to Ellen Corindia, who’s had ALS for thirteen years and who uses a computer screen to communicate. Despite being in a wheelchair, Ellen went skiing with her partner last winter. They showed me the video, him skiing behind her, guiding her chair as the two of them zoomed down the mountain. Read More>