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Earlier this month, Chris Ouellette set out from his Shelburne home for a bike ride around Vermont. His goal: three days and 300 miles in honor of 3 million people worldwide battling Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

One of them is Ouellette’s nephew, Yohan Bouchard, who was diagnosed with the degenerative nerve condition at age 7. Seeing his once-active nephew sidelined by the disease prompted Ouellette to get involved in finding a cure. In 2014, he joined the board of the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association, a national nonprofit that raises awareness and funds research.