Climbing for Silas: Fundraisers to help 16-month-old boy with genetic disease

 The son of Jackson Laboratory event manager Renee La Casse is seeking individual and corporate sponsors for his climbs of 25 mountains in Acadia National Park in Maine. The fundraiser begins July 2 when he climbs Parkman, Gilmore, Sargent, Penobscot and Cedar Swamp mountains (51/2-mile hike up Sargent, the highest at 1,373 feet, according to Gus) and continues with other climbs through July. It ends when he climbs Mount Katahdin July 31.


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