Sponsored by the Hayley’s Hope and Michaela’s Miracle MS Memorial Fund
Friday, June 9, 2023 – Gates open and check in at 5:35 p.m. Game starts at 6:35 p.m.
Please join us for a subsidized MS FAMILY FUN Evening on Friday June 9, 2023 as the New Britain Bees Baseball team takes on the Vermont “Lake Monsters”!
MS Family Fun is a great way to raise awareness about multiple sclerosis while enjoying a fun baseball game with your family, and meet other families affected by multiple sclerosis.
Registration Fee:
$5.00 per person for 1-3 tickets
$20.00 for 4 or more tickets ($20 is the maximum fee per family)
Includes:
- Parking at the stadium
- Food voucher to include beverage (non-alcoholic), chips, hot dog, and ice
cream. - Tickets to the game – New Britain Bees vs. Vermont Lake Monsters
Pre-registration is required. Tickets and T-shirts are first come-first served.
To sign up & pay by check, click on the form below:
Online registration coming soon!
Important Times:
Gates open and Check-in at the front gate – 5:35 p.m.
Game starts – 6:35 p.m.
Fund Description
After their mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Hayley Elizabeth Petit and Michaela Rose Petit were relentless in their efforts to raise awareness and funds to fight MS. They each formed a Walk MS team in honor of their mother. The teams were appropriately named Hayley’s Hope, which raised more than $55,000, and Michaela’s Miracle, a team that was just beginning their fundraising efforts.
After the tragic loss of these beautiful women, the Hayley’s Hope & Michaela’s Miracle MS Memorial Fund was formed in 2007 within the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Connecticut Chapter. The fund provided college scholarships to students with MS or those whose families were affected by MS, and funded vital local programs including caregiver programs, MS family weekends, a patient-oriented research update program, and a family fun day in support of families affect by MS.
With changes to the structure of the National MS Society, coupled with their decision to no longer provide local programs, the fund was transferred to the Petit Family Foundation, where it now resides. The funds will continue to support CT programs for families affected MS. In this first year, we will fund a research update program as well as a family fun event for those impacted by MS.
The volunteer committee that oversees this fund has been stable for many years and
includes William A. Petit Jr, MD, President of the Petit Family Foundation, Lisa Gerrol, recently retired President of the National MS Society, Connecticut Chapter, Jack Betkoski, former board chair of the National MS Society, Connecticut Chapter, James Wasz, Petit Family Foundation Board Member, and Ronald Bucchi, Treasurer and Board Member of the Petit Family Foundation.
DIRECTIONS
New Britain Stadium
230 John Karbonic Way
New Britain, CT 06051
From the West:
- Take I-84 East to Exit 35 (Rt 72E) follow Rt 72 to Rt 9 South.
- Take Exit 25 (Ellis St) turn LEFT at next light onto South Main
Street. - New Britain Stadium is approximately 1 mile on the right
From the East:
- Take I-84 West to Exit 39A (Rt 9 South). Take Exit 25 (Ellis St)
- Turn Left at light onto Ellis Street, then turn LEFT at next light onto South Main Street.
- New Britain Stadium is approximately 1 mile on the right.
From the South:
- Take I-90 North to Exit 22 (Rt 9 North) Follow Rt 9N to Exit 24.
- Take the first exit for Willow Brook Park/Rt 71.
- New Britain Stadium will be right in front of you off the exit.
From the North:
- Take I-90 South to Exit 22 (Rt 9 North) Follow Rt 9N to Exit 24.
- Take the first exit for Willow Brook Park/Rt 71.
- New Britain Stadium will be right in front of you off the exit.