Family STEM Day just a few days away! Join us for science fun!

WHO: Brian S. McCarthy Memorial Foundation

WHAT: Family STEM Day, free and open to the public and your participation is free, too!

WHERE: Nashua High School South, 36 Riverside Street, Nashua, N.H. – Plenty of parking!

WHEN: Sat., May 16, 2026 from 10am – 2pm

WHY: To celebrate our STEM education mission and the STEM community!

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ABOUT our event:

Last year at our inaugural Family STEM Day event, we had well over 1,000 visitors with more than 40 hands-on activities and interactive presentations with 23 organizations. We are going to do this again! We’d love you to be a part of this year’s fun!

Our 2^nd Family STEM Day is coming up very soon! This event will celebrate and highlight our organization and its mission of promoting STEM initiatives happening in our community.

Open to families, students, and community members of all ages, Family STEM Day is an opportunity for organizations to highlight their mission and work, engage with families, and inspire future generations of scientists, engineers, and innovators. We will have lots of hands-on exhibits, interactive demonstrations and lots of big and small ways STEM is part of our lives.

We will be showcasing programs that have benefited from foundation support, including: the Adult Learning Center’s Xploration Program, the United Way of Greater Nashua’s Wee Read initiative in addition to many others. Gloria McCarthy, co-founder of BSMM, said, “We are thrilled beyond words by the number of organizations willing to contribute their time and energy in support of the Brian S McCarthy Foundation’s Family STEM Day. This event is not only a celebration of science, technology, engineering, and math—it is a deeply personal way for us to honor and share Brian’s many passions with the community that he served for so many years.”

Our Schedule so far:
10:00 a.m.
Family STEM Day Begins!
Planetarium Open House
Hazy Ice Cream food truck service begins
Photo Booth open until 1:30 p.m.

10:30 a.m.
Welcome and acknowledgements (Demonstration Area)
Followed by Tesla Coil Demonstration
Planetarium Show

11:00 a.m.
Augusta’s Chicken on the Road food truck service begins until 1 p.m.
Planetarium Show

11:30 a.m.
Tesla Coil Demonstration
Planetarium Show

12:00 p.m.
Planetarium Show

12:30 p.m.
Tesla Coil Demonstration
Planetarium Show

1:00 p.m.
Planetarium Show

1:30 p.m.
Tesla Coil Demonstration
Planetarium Open House

Our exhibitors:

·Brian S. McCarthy Memorial Foundation

·ABA Centers of America

·Aviation Museum of New Hampshire

·City of Nashua Sustainability Department

·CodeWiz

·Currier Museum of Art

·Fairgrounds Elementary School

·FIRST New Hampshire Robotics

·Granite State Amateur Radio

·Harvey Construction

·Humane Society for Greater Nashua

·MakeIt Labs

·McCarthy Middle School

·Mt. Washington Observatory

·Nashua Community College

·Nashua Fire Department

·Nashua High School South Planetarium and Astronomy Club

·Nashua Police Department Sector Car

·New Hampshire Astronomical Society

·N.H. Science Teachers Association

·Seacoast Science Center

·Spark Academy

·SubZero Nitrogen Ice Cream

·Wee Read of the United Way of Greater Nashua

·Xploration

FIRST NH Robotics Teams:

·Bishop Guertin High School FIRST Robotics Team 811

·Chop Shop 166

·Tough Techs 151 - Nashua Robotics Team

·Team Tesseract Challenge Team #21689

·Team Kube #30537