CMC Gifts $250,000 to Support Children and Families at Mark Stebbins Community Center
In honor of Catholic Medical Center’s first year anniversary as part of HCA Healthcare, the hospital has announced a $250,000 gift to the Mark Stebbins Community Center to provide collaborative services to build stronger families and brighter futures for children on the West Side of Manchester.
The Mark Stebbins Community Center is a 20,000-square-foot, multipurpose social services hub located adjacent to the Kelley Falls apartment complex at 315 Kimball Street. The center will bring multiple nonprofit organizations together under one roof in a central, accessible location, including anchor tenants such as the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Manchester and Amoskeag Health.
“Manchester’s West Side is home to a quarter of our city’s population, yet so many families here face significant challenges from higher levels of poverty to limited access to essential resources and services,” said John Skevington, chief executive officer of Catholic Medical Center. “This project reflects our focused commitment to strengthening communities by making childcare and healthcare more accessible and affordable for families.”
The Mark Stebbins Community Center, a project several years in the making, is slated to open in the fall 2026. Services will include affordable before- and after-school care, health care, food access initiatives and a community navigator program designed to connect families with critical resources.
“We are grateful for Catholic Medical Center’s generous support of our vision to provide children and families with brighter futures, and strengthen the West Side of Manchester,” said Sally Stebbins. The community center is named in honor of her late husband, Mark Stebbins, who died unexpectedly in 2021. “This center represents Mark’s vision to bring several nonprofits under one roof to serve the community and provide much needed services to families and children on the West Side.”
The $250,000 gift is part of the HCA Healthcare’s commitment to contribute a total of $2 million over the next three years to local community health initiatives. To date, over $600,000 has been invested meaningful partnerships that address critical needs across the region—including an investment to expand teen mental‑health programming at the Greater Manchester Boys & Girls Club, another collaboration with the Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains to sponsor their very first Mental Health Summit attended by 230 teens and tweens, a contribution to the Mayor’s homelessness initiative keeping medically frail veterans off the streets, a gift supporting the Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester's perinatal and postpartum mental‑health services and a partnership with Catholic Charities New Hampshire to support parenting education and food security, to name a few.