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Comment on Skate-a-thons = Easy Money for your Club or Team by Mary Gerard

Mary Gerard — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:58:45 +0000

http://www.raiseathon.ca/skatedemo/

hi there, our club used this great site to collect our pledges. No more paper, easy as can be

Last year we did paper, this year we used this program and our donatations increased in total by 81%

Comment on Read the Important U.S. Figure Skating Rule Changes by Ryan Jahnke

Ryan Jahnke — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:43:15 +0000

Go to http://www.isu.org and click on “Single & Pair Skating” near the top of the left hand column.
That should help you find the rules.

Comment on Read the Important U.S. Figure Skating Rule Changes by cleusa franca

cleusa franca — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:38:08 +0000

I am finding a huge difficulty in to find out the official rules for masters, specificaly and juniors, that are today running in ISU.
as a country, Brazil, with none tradition in sports, I am felling little lost.

Comment on Skate-a-thons = Easy Money for your Club or Team by Ryan Jahnke

Ryan Jahnke — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:08:58 +0000

Venie,

The best thing to do is donate half your proceeds to a community charity or one that is important to the people in your club. This alone is frequently enough to get free advertising from local radio/TV and newspapers. Inviting the local hockey/speed skating clubs to participate will raise even more money. Make sure to make t-shirts or have door prizes for the kids participating. I hope these suggestions help! You can also contact Suzy Werhli at U.S. Figure Skating at 719-635-5200 and she can help you even more.

–The MySkatingMall.com Team

Comment on Skate-a-thons = Easy Money for your Club or Team by Venie

Venie — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:25:10 +0000

Our small skating club will be having a skate-a-thon the beginning of 2012. As members of an executive who have never organized one before, we’d like our first one to not only raise money, but to have a positive effect on team spirit for the skaters and for the larger community. We have some great ideas, but we’re wondering if there are some sure-fire ideas that are an absolute must if one is to have a great experience. On behalf of a small but supportive parent group and executive, allow us to thank you in advance for any thoughts or suggestions you may have to help our success. Castlegar Skating Club Thanks!

Comment on Skate-a-thons = Easy Money for your Club or Team by Dawn Nemelka

Dawn Nemelka — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:39:36 +0000

I am working on Fundraising for our hockey club. We are doing the Skate-A-Thon in mid November –just found out the rink donated the ice. THe proceeds will be a split between the hockey club and the cancer foundation (named for a player’s Mom who passed away this past summer). I took down the name mentioned above – Suzy. Are you aware of any free online websites that could host the fundraiser and we could collect money via site. Ive seen those for numerous fundraisers, but for flat donations only and not a “pledge per lap” type of option. Any other tips for organizing would be much appreciated as we are running out of time to plan…in fact we have a meeting tomorrow night! Thanks!

Comment on Why Figure Skating is GREAT by Keila

Keila — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 05:59:12 +0000

Ryan, what a great article! Very well written and composed. Thanks for posing the question “what’s so great about skating” and allowing former/current ice skaters, coaches, and parents a forum to express their thoughts!

Comment on Skate-a-thons = Easy Money for your Club or Team by Ryan Jahnke

Ryan Jahnke — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:16:15 +0000

Kelly,
The resident expert of all things Skate-a-thon is Suzy Werhli at US Figure Skating. You can reach her at 719-635-5200. Sorry for the late reply! Good luck!

Comment on Skate-a-thons = Easy Money for your Club or Team by Kelly Clifford-Beaver

Kelly Clifford-Beaver — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:07:44 +0000

I am the vice-president of our booster club and would be interested in information about the who-to’s of organizing a skate-a-thon. We could always us the money to support our club.

Comment on Skate-a-thons = Easy Money for your Club or Team by Marianne Franklin

Marianne Franklin — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:11:15 +0000

I represent the Shaka Franklin Foundation for Youth. We have a skating program – SHAKA I.C.E.(Inner City Edge). Our learn to skate and figure skating coach, Dy Lussi-Austin died of a brain tumor on May 23rd. She was an extraordinary volunteer, teacher and “mother” to all of the 400 children in our program for 14 years. We are starting a scholarship fund for skaters in her memory. We have raised $2200 so far in a garage sale. It has been suggested by the scholarship committee that we do a Skate-a-Thon. Mark Ernest who owns Foothills Ice Arena will donate the ice time. Can you give us some pointers on how best to organize this. We are in Denver, CO… I see you are in Colorado Springs!