We hope you will take a moment to contribute to our 2022 April Fund Driveand support all that we do here at NENSA. Our goal is to raise $50,000 this month ~ please help us continue to create and sustain the top-notch programs and events for you, your family, as well as old & new friends to participate in. Click here to DONATE and to make your donation today - we made it easier than ever to make a contribution! Let's celebrate the NENSA staff's superb work and close out the fiscal year with a bang ~ get your donations in by April 20th. Thank you.

Each year there is a Masters World Cross Country Ski Championships. This event comes to North America every 5 years and alternates between the US and Canada. After being canceled for 3 years the event was held March 5-10 in Canmore Alberta at the same venue that was used for the 1988 Winter Olympics, thankfully on easier trails. Four Stowe Nordic skiers attended: Trina and Dave Hosmer, Sue Emmons and Jean Kissner. The individual competition medals are awarded within 5-year age groups for both techniques at each distance. This year Trina won 4 gold medals in her age class (10k free, 5k classic, 15k free and relay). Sue and Jean placed well in their age groups and Dave was among the finishers. Each evening there is an Olympic style awards ceremony for the each gender and age class for that day’s races, which features a shortened version of the winner’s country’s National Anthem. 

This past winter, young skiers all across the east from Buffalo, NY to Moosehead, ME participated in NENSA’s second annual virtual XC Ski Bingo game completing activities ranging from night skiing to backcountry skiing to three-legged skiing. This year, with open borders, everyone participated on one card although participants could get Bingo by completing a row or column of activities without leaving their home state or their own backyard! Participation grew this year with 71 unique participants skiing in 6 states (MA, ME, NH, NY, VT, and WI) in 2 countries (US and Canada) at 64 different ski areas! The smiles and stories shared by participants were inspiring and heartwarming, and we were truly excited to see how many young people got outside to play on their skis...click HERE for full article and tons of great photos and quotes!

The winter of 2021-2022 was a “Great Restart” and our venues created a spectacular Eastern Cup Series despite an ongoing pandemic and a low snow year. The venues preparation, knowledgable staffs along with robust volunteers, and snowmaking systems made for a memorable season that boasted one of our largest annual participation numbers with nearly 3000 competitors. There was a beautiful blend of junior, collegiate and international skiers in our fields — which provided awesome experiences — whether athletes enjoyed their first nationally sanctioned race, or went on to represent the New England at Junior Nationals (where NE was the strongest division), or the US Ski Team in World Cup competition — and everything else in between. Eastern venues continue to raise the bar and are HUGE component to the strength of our region...click HERE for full story and to learn more about the bidding process.

Did you know that NENSA could benefit from the Amazon purchases you are already making??! Please link your Amazon account to Amazon SMILE (with /smile) and choose NENSA as your non-profit beneficiary! All the purchases everyone is already making, all add up, and we would love to be able to benefit from that! Thank you!!