Josh Minton Foundation

2 days ago

Brothers weekend 2026 is now in the books at the Minton Lodge. Who are the Brothers? They are Josh’s Rugby teammates from West Point. The ones he credited for getting him thru the grueling 4 years at the academy. The ones who our website came from, every team huddle ended with Brothers on 3, 1, 2, 3, Brothers! They are the ones who crammed 23 members of the team into our living room when they came for the funeral and told Sally and I whatever we needed to let them know, that we were now part of the adopted family. They are the ones who financed Bob & Sally’s first trip to Alaska for a therapeutic stay of our own with the 98 Fund. They are the ones who come every spring to the Lodge and bust their tails! This year was no different as 6 of them descended on the Lodge recently for this years’ event. Thanks to board members Mark Gehring and Dave Varney for their help over the weekend as well. Mark and his wife (Josh’s aunt) Susan generously donated a much larger hot tub for the Lodge to replace our aging one. Much of the focus was on getting that hot tub in place and set up. You can see from the photos that this required lifting the hot tub about 8’ in the air to get it onto the back deck. After much worry, planning and crossing of fingers it went off without a hitch! The rest of Saturday involved the continuing battle against the Honeysuckle on the property along with getting a couple troublesome trees dropped. Most importantly the day also included the traditional big breakfast that was a staple any time Josh had company. Lots of pizza for dinner followed by the annual bonfire. It is so meaningful for us when folks like this jump on airplanes from all around the country or drive many hours to help and most importantly to remember and honor Josh. We can’t wait to do it again in 2027! zurl.co/Cdn1f ... See MoreSee Less

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