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Tag: lung cancer

Posted inLocal Fun

Bring Your Oversized Eyeglasses: Linda Gerard’s Friends Join Forces to Help Her Beat Lung Cancer

by Jimmy Boegle March 22nd, 2013December 16th, 2020

It all began at an Ace Hotel job fair in 2009. “Our vice president saw Linda in line, with this fabulous glittery dress and a pair of her signature glasses,” recalled Jason Dibler, the hotel’s general manager. “He said, ‘I don’t know what she does, but we need her.’” That’s how Linda Gerard started her […]

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