The Manchester Central High School Key Club will host a Ski-A-Thon at Crotched Mountain Ski & Ride on February 14th, Valentine’s Day, to raise money for Crotched Mountain Adaptive Ride and Ski (CMARS), a non-profit organization that helps physically and mentally handicapped participants learn to ski and snowboard.  The event will begin Saturday night at 5pm, and continue into Sunday, with the lifts closing at 3am.  Pledges will be collected by all of the participants, with 100% of the money raised going directly to CMARS.  While the Key Club will be hosting the event, other Central High School students are welcome to attend, provided they collect the minimum of $50 in pledges.

One of CMARS major sponsors is Crotched Mountain Ski & Ride, who willprovide participants with complementary lift tickets for the night. The usual cost of a lift ticket is being donated to the cause by each participant. Transportation will be provided by the Key Club who arranged for three buses from the Manchester Transit Authority to transport students
from Central High School to Crotched Mountain. Furthermore, Ken Jones Ski Mart has agreed to donate gifts worth an excess of 300 dollars to the event to award participants who raise the most pledge money. Other donations have been made by Indian Head Athletics and Olympia Sports to the event.

Sponsors of the ski-a-thon include the Manchester Central High School Key Club, Scott and Mallory Sandler, Crotched Mountain Ski & Ride, Ken Jones Ski Mart, Indian Head Athletics, and Olympia Sports.  Nearly 90 students, faculty members, and parents have registered to attend.  In addition to skiing, there will be a bonfire and food during the
night.