Ski Bees Gives Back!
The Ski Bees community has been a generous supporter of various charities for the past 15 years and will continue to be. In 2024 $2000. was raised at our fall Pub Nights, members generously donated to the Collingwood Hospital and the Ski Racer Bursary. Over the years we have fundraised at a Golf Day held at the beautiful 4 Seasons Golf and Country Club which is owned by Ski Bees member Karen Simpson, and the annual Uxbridge/Stouffville Bus Heart and Stroke Wednesday. Our members and sponsors have generously raised well over $32,000 over the years. In the past we have directed our contributions to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Collingwood General and Marine Hospital, Camp Oochigeas, Parkinson Society – Durham Region Chapter, Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Foundation, the Brain Tumour Foundation, The Tracy Stewart Foundation, The Olympic Foundation, Canadian Cancer Society and Prostate Cancer Canada, and our ski Racer Bursary. We believe it is important to not only give back to our community in general but also to our ski community in particular, and we thank all of our members for their generosity and kindness. Our annual Charity founded by Caroline and Mike Casey.
With this in mind and after being inspired by Nancy Greene-Raine’s similar initiative in her Sun Peaks community, Caroline and Mike Casey have created the Ski Bees Student/Athlete Ski Racing Bursary which will be awarded each fall to a young upcoming skier who exemplifies dedication, determination, a solid work ethic an excellent attitude and a commitment to balancing school with their athletic pursuits.
Briar met Nancy Greene-Raine at Toronto Ski Club where her father Jeff Jones was Head Coach, Emma Webb was Briars coach, and Wendy Webb was a trainer at TSC. Photo of Nancy and Briar: W.Webb
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2025 We were pleased to support Briar again this season at the golf tournament and also on a ski day, $1250. was raised for her pursuit in ski racing. 2025 proved to be a big year with many podium finishes. She trains and races with the Ski Bees logo on her helmet, and patches on her coat. Although this season ended with a big crash at Nakiska during the spring series, and surgery on her Tibia at the Foothills Medical Center in Calgary, Briar is keeping it positive, and planning the recovery already, she will be back next season!
2024 Over 150 Ski Bees members came out to our pre-season Pub Nights, where members not only had a great time reuniting with fellow Ski Bees members, they also donated items for the raffle, which in part, raised money for the Ski Bees Bursary Athlete Briar Jones. Briar is a top U18 athlete and Briar attended week #3 Ski Bees ski day at Osler was presented with monies raised at the Ski Bees raffle to support Briar in pursuing her ski racing career. Everyone at Ski Bees wishes Briar all the best in her ski racing career. "Today I got to share my love for skiing with some pretty amazing people @skibees the support from everyone is so heart warming, ski racing is not an easy sport. The battle is long and hard on and off the hill, the donations of these amazing people help me continue in pursuing my dreams to the big leagues! I carry your support with me every day, every step, all the way to the start gate. I couldn’t be more thankful for such a beautiful community that I have been blessed with, thank you so much the everyone of you!" Briar "Briar is a hard working young person who surprises even me with her unwavering passion for skiing, and I am pretty passionate about skiing. To all who donated, thank you so much for thinking of her, she carries your support into the start gate at each race and that type of energy is what powers the pursuit of dreams." Jeff Jones |
Hello from Saas Fee, Switzerland to all the Ski Bee's . I am currently training with the National Ski Academy (NSA) where I am in my second year of U16. I had an awesome year last year. I trained hard and made it to my first U16 Nationals in Tremblant. This Spring I had the opportunity to travel to Hemsedal, Norway and participate in the SKISTAR Winter Games representing Canada and making new Norwegian friends. I am excited for the coming winter and I have been working hard in the gym and now on the slopes here in Switzerland.
Thank you so much for supporting me in my pursuit of my dream of being the best ski racer I can!
Check out my new hat...Queen Bee just found it the other day here in Sass Fee.
Briar Jones
Ski Bees Inc, RR#2, Flesherton, ON, N0C1E0 Text or call: (705)-212-2SKI or (705) 212 -2754 Email: admin@skibees.ca