2026 Global Lyme Alliance Gala Brings Lyme Disease Community Together in New York City
The 2026 Global Lyme Alliance Gala brought patients, advocates, researchers, healthcare professionals, celebrities, and supporters together at The Metropolitan Club in New York City for an evening focused on Lyme disease research, patient support, advocacy, awareness, and hope.
Global Lyme Alliance (GLA) First Round Brings Lyme Disease Community Together at Hard Rock Cafe Times Square
On October 4, 2026, the night before the Global Lyme Alliance Gala, the Lyme disease community gathered in the heart of New York City for something intentionally different. GLA First Round, hosted by the Global Lyme Alliance NextGen Junior Board at Hard Rock Cafe Times Square, traded the formality of a traditional gala for a […]
Music for Action Brings Lyme Disease Awareness to Central Park with Young the Giant & St. Lucia
Lyme disease awareness reached one of New York City’s biggest stages on September 22, 2026, when Music for Action brought Young the Giant, St. Lucia, the Lyme community, and thousands of concertgoers together at SummerStage in Central Park. Presented by City Parks Foundation in partnership with LymeLnk, Music for Action was created to bring Lyme […]
Project Lyme Celebrates 10 Years of Lyme Disease Advocacy, Research and Community
On September 14, 2026, the Lyme disease community gathered at Gotham Hall in New York City for the Project Lyme 10th Anniversary Gala, celebrating a decade of Lyme disease advocacy, patient support, research, education and community. Tick Boot Camp co-founders Matt Sabatello and Rich Johannesen attended alongside researchers, physicians, nonprofit leaders, advocates, patients and families […]
Tick Bombs and an Invasive Tick: What Tick Boot Camp and Researchers Found While Dragging for Ticks on Long Island
Tick Boot Camp Brings Researchers and Filmmakers Together on Long Island A day of tick dragging across northern Suffolk County revealed how quickly people and animals can encounter ticks in ordinary Long Island environments. The team found hundreds of nearly invisible larvae, multiple clusters commonly called “tick bombs,” blacklegged ticks, lone star ticks, and an […]
Art as Witness: LymeLnk Uses Art, Film, Journalism, and Medicine to Make Lyme Disease Visible in Brooklyn
A Disease That Has Been Invisible for Too Long Finally Got a Room of Its Own On June 23, 2026, patients, advocates, clinicians, journalists, filmmakers, artists, and community members gathered in Brooklyn, New York, for one of the most unique Lyme disease awareness events in recent memory. Hosted by LymeLnk founder Eva Scarano, Art as […]
Amy Kurtz Launches But You Look Fine in New York City: A Powerful New Book on Lyme Disease Recovery, Chronic Illness, and Medical Trauma Brain
On June 10, 2026, Tick Boot Camp Co-Founders Matt Sabatello and Rich Johannesen attended the launch celebration for Amy Kurtz’s highly anticipated new book, But You Look Fine: Trapped in the Hell Between Sick and Well and How to Break Free, at Barnes & Noble on New York City’s Upper West Side. The event brought […]
Lyme Warrior 10th Anniversary Gala Brings Together Lyme Disease Researchers, Artists, Advocates, and Patients
Tick Boot Camp was proud to partner with Lyme Warrior for the Lyme Warrior 10th Anniversary Gala on May 9, 2026, at Saybrook Point Resort & Marina in Old Saybrook, Connecticut — a waterfront evening that brought together Lyme patients, advocates, researchers, clinicians, authors, families, and friends for a night of laughter, science, music, and […]
Stories That Heal: A Landmark Lyme Disease Event Bringing Hope for Chronic Lyme and Tick-Borne Illness
Lyme Disease Leaders Unite at Project Lyme’s Stories That Heal Event On April 16, 2026, something truly special happened in New York City. At Project Lyme’s inaugural “Stories That Heal: Author Series,” leaders, patients, caregivers, researchers, and advocates from across the Lyme and tick-borne disease community came together—not just to share stories, but to change […]
Lyme Disease Community Shows Strength at Resilient Hope Book Launch in Manhattan
The Lyme disease community showed up in a big way. Tick Boot Camp recently attended the book launch of Resilient Hope: A Memoir of Life With Chronic Illness by Nicole O’Donnell in Manhattan, where approximately 1,000 people filled the venue in support of a message that resonates deeply within the Lyme community: you are not […]