[Real Change News] The Kraken is making waves

“While head coach Dave Hakstol has been busy drafting the most skilled players for the sport, the philanthropic branch of the Kraken, One Roof Foundation, has been focusing on ways to help unhoused youth. Over the next decade, the foundation, along with Climate Pledge Arena, has committed $10 million to YouthCare to fight youth homelessness in Seattle. ‘There’s more than 40,000 public school students in our state that are facing housing insecurity,’ said Annemarie Scalzo, the Kraken’s director of Community Partnerships and Programs…For the last two years, before the Kraken had a team name or any players, Scalzo said they have been building a partnership with YouthCare. ‘This relationship is really fundamental to who we are as an organization’…”Read the full story here.