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  • Disease Did Not Stop Marine Swimming Alcatraz To San Fran Blindfolded

    Disease Did Not Stop Marine Swimming Alcatraz To San Fran Blindfolded

    For as long as he could remember, Jay Platt wanted to be a  U.S. Marine, and for nearly 15 years, he lived that dream. But in 1998, a rare condition called von Hippel Lindau syndrome (VHL), attacked his eyes, brain, spine and kidneys, forcing his retirement from the service. “Before VHL I pretty much felt untouchable…

  • Montreal’s top chefs prepared gourmet menu supporting Quebec Cancer groups

    Montreal’s top chefs prepared gourmet menu supporting Quebec Cancer groups

      Brief – An exceptional event at Sofitel Montreal’s Renoir restaurant which organized a special evening combining gastronomy, entertainment and generosity to benefit the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation and The Cedars Cancer Institute, on January 22nd  2014. Our Executive Chef, Olivier Perret, who was touched by cancer, gathered his Montreal Chef friends who each prepared…