SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The International Chiari Association (ICA) will turn seven years old on Sunday. The all-volunteer nonprofit organization was founded by Pete Dal Bello on April 8, 2011, with the assistance of Robert Mislang and Jason Floyd.
"(ICA Mascot) Courage the Bear has been celebrating all week even though we keep telling him that is Sunday, not today," said Dal Bello, who is also the ICA's president. "But as my mother in heaven used to say, 'Courage is a good boy. He means well.'