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McCarthy Brothers Bond Ski Weekend with NEHSA 2025

McCarthy Brothers Bond Foundation partnered with the New England Healing Sports Association (NEHSA) at Mt. Sunapee in Newbury, New Hampshire the first weekend in March for a ski weekend that will hopefully become an annual event.

When we started the MBB foundation we knew that doing something with NEHSA would be a beautiful way to honor the bond between our boys. When we took our first trip to Mt. Sunapee Colin was just over 6 years old and Shane was only 4 ½. The impact this organization made on us on day one continues to be a part of us today. Please visit our blog page to read more about our early experiences with NEHSA, to read about our family gift to their program as well as to read all the details about the AMAZING weekend we recently had.

In November of 2024 we began strategizing with Carly Bascom- the program director at NEHSA, along with Sue Mills, a long time devoted volunteer, on ways we could partner with them to promote and support families that were involved with their program. For our first year we landed on picking a weekend and simply picking up the tab for anyone that would be skiing with them as well as the costs for any family members skiing with them. Please take the time to visit the NEHSA website here to learn about the amazing opportunities they offer. They are a year round program and in the future we hope to offer additional ways to promote and support more family experiences. https://nehsa.org None of what they are able to do would be possible without the many volunteers that are the backbone, the heart and the soul of this program.

Even though Colin had not participated in their program in 9 years- it felt like returning home.

On March 1st and 2nd we surprised 28 different participants with the news that McCarthy Brothers Bond Foundation was paying for their lesson/lift tickets as well as the costs of the family members skiing with them. We provided complimentary ski buffs with the McCarthy Brothers Bond logo as well as snacks and door prizes. We had a display set up that shared our back story with NEHSA and information about our foundation and why it was created.

The $2400 used from the foundation on March 1st covered 16 NEHSA participants- including 2 mother and son duos utilizing the services provided from NEHSA and 6 additional family members making memories on the mountain on a beautiful 45 degree day. On March 2nd when the high temperature was about 15 degrees we covered the cost for 12 more NEHSA participants; which included another mother son duo and a pair of brothers as well as 2 additional family members.

It was an honor and a privilege to meet and surprise these families, to learn their stories and to know that they were making memories and that we were making a difference.

We were once again supported by friends and family members that came from all over to join us; some hit the slopes to ski with Mike and Colin in Shane’s memory while others were able to watch the magic that NEHSA creates. We look forward to creating more magic and more memories with them.