Memorial Hospital supports ski helmet safety for valley children

CONWAY — Memorial Hospital once again has ensured that every child in its community who wants a ski helmet gets one, regardless of their family’s ability to pay. It’s all part of a helmet safety initiative to ensure that local schoolchildren have appropriate helmets for their participation in elementary ski programs, including the Eastern Slope Ski Club’s Junior Ski Program in the Conway School District and, new this year, the Fryeburg, Maine, Junior Ski Program.

Memorial Hospital Foundation created the Roger C. Clapp Memorial Ski Helmet Fund to help put “a lid on every kid.” Clapp, who passed away in 2013, was a hospital trustee for many years and a passionate lifelong skier. Family and friends make memorial donations to the fund and continue to encourage contributions to it. Special thanks this year go to former hospital trustee Phil Davies, who served alongside Clapp for many years and this year made a gift to ensure that the program continue again this year. Additional contributors to the program include many employees who give through a special employee giving program.