CANMORE – “This has been the best day of my life.”In nine words, one of the 33 participants summed up the 2017 Rinks to Links program, hosted by the Hockey Alberta Foundation on July 25 in Canmore.The participants were youths from Calgary, most of whom had never played golf or skated before, and it was a day none will […]
RED DEER – While it’s a common sight every winter to see outdoor rinks across Canada full of youngsters learning to skate, you’ll also see the odd adult hitting the ice for the very first time. Although admittedly “late to the party”, Duane Moleni took the opportunity this past winter to embrace Canada’s pastime. Originally […]
RED DEER – Hockey Alberta and the Hockey Alberta Foundation are pleased to announce Brady Bakke and Tricia Van Vaerenbergh as distinguished Future Leaders. Bakke and Van Vaerenbergh are among the eight post-secondary students accepted into the 2016 Future Leader Development Program, which saw them fill a role during the U16 Male & U16 Female […]
FORT MCMURRAY – In the aftermath of devastating wildfires that impacted northeastern Alberta in May, the Fort McMurray Minor Hockey Association has emerged as a source of stability for a community filled with uncertainty. As residents returned to Fort McMurray throughout the summer, following the evacuation of nearly 90,000 people, the community was looking for any signs of normalcy. “We had a […]
The Hockey Alberta Foundation’s 2016 Rink to Links program took place at Country Hills Golf Course and Crowfoot Arena in Calgary, giving 25 kids a chance to hit the driving range and ice all in one day. Each kid also received a full set of hockey equipment, thanks to Comrie’s Sports Equipment Bank in Calgary […]
More than $200,000 was raised in support of two worthwhile Red Deer organizations at the annual Glencross Invitational Charity Roughstock Rodeo & Poker Event, held in August. Curtis Glencross, and representatives from the event, were in attendance on November 9 to present cheques to the two beneficiaries of the event – Ronald McDonald House Charities® […]
Since the Future Leaders Scholarship program was established in 1998, Hockey Alberta Foundation has invested annually in the development of great leaders for the future of the game and our communities in Alberta. The scholarship program operates in alignment with Hockey Alberta’s Future Leaders Development Program, which focuses on educating and training our post-secondary student […]
Tim Leer has been named the new Executive Director of the Hockey Alberta Foundation. Leer has spent the past 18 years with Hockey Alberta, having held positions in clinic and program development, and most recently at the Senior Manager level overseeing Team Alberta Programs and Hockey Development for the past 11 years. In addition to […]
On July 28, 2015, 30 kids from the Boys and Girls Clubs and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cochrane and Calgary took part in Every Kid Every Community’s Rinks to Links program injunction with the 2015 ATB Financial Golf Classic. In the second year of the Rinks to Links event, PGA Golf Professionals Spence Fulford, […]
