Bromley’s “Mom’s Day Off” Raises $7,905 to Battle Breast Cancer

Bromley Mountain, VT - On Friday, February 4, the ninth annual “Mom’s Day Off,” a breast cancer fundraiser sponsored by and held at Bromley Mountain, drew 527 moms and raised the hefty and record-breaking sum of $7,905. That brings the eight-year total to just shy of $43,000.

The notion behind the annual event is that any mom can ski or ride Bromley on “Mom’s Day Off” for $15 when they show the ticket seller a snapshot of their kids. Bromley, in turn, donates the entire $15 to the VT/NH Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the Race for the Cure people (Bromley’s been a sponsor of the race since 1995).

As they have since the first Mom’s Day Off in 2002, the Chicks on Sticks, a group sponsored by the Alpine Sport Shop in Saratoga Springs, New York, arrived en masse, tipping 2011’s “Largest Team” scales in their favor by bringing two chartered busses filled with moms. Another perennial team, The Women of Willard (a.k.a. WOW) made the trip from the Willard Mountain Ski Area in Greenwich, New York, bringing the next largest group.

“We couldn’t be happier,” says Rich Wiseman, Bromley’s President. “We had 420 moms last year and, to tell you the truth, I had my fingers crossed that we’d hit 500 this year. To top last year’s total by 107 is pretty terrific.”

Bromley is also a sponsor of the annual Komen VT/NH Race for the Cure, held each year in July at Hildene Meadows, in Manchester (this year’s Race will be on Saturday, July 23).