Sailing Heals gives cancer patients a chance to escape from the illness and reap the benefits of sun, sky, and sea.
Sailing heals is an organization that partners local sailors with cancer patients and their caregivers for a spirit-lifting day on the water. The trip is "with no strings attached—except to the sails," says Executive Director Trisha Gallagher Boisvert.
Adds Timmy Dittrich of Swampscott, former commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, "We can’t cure the ailment, but we can definitely help make a lot of people feel better for just a few hours. There’s nothing like the water, wind, and s
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