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Giving Hockey To The Community
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Giving Hockey To The Community

A One Roof Foundation initiative this season will see Kraken players heading to 30 local Title 1 schools to make Ball Hockey Kit donations and test out the gear by playing with students ByGeoff Baker / @GeoffBakerNHL/ nhl.com/kraken November 27, 2024 Kraken centerman Shane Wright can only imagine what it would have been like if an…

November 27, 2024
Running Into Ball Hockey  
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Running Into Ball Hockey  

A One Roof Foundation initiative used the recent partnership between the Kraken and Brooks Running to stage a free ball hockey and running clinic to 100 children at the Tukwila Community Center By Geoff Baker / @GeoffBakerNHL/ nhl.com/kraken November 26, 2024 Josi Laufman stared out at the lines of children taking their turn stickhandling a ball…

November 26, 2024
Familiar, Fun and Fulfilling a Mission
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Familiar, Fun and Fulfilling a Mission

Along with other pro teams, Kraken/One Roof host a session for 90 campers in Burien. Most kids were in the know about hockey. The week itself scored big for play equity By Bob Condor/@ByBobCondor  nhl.com/kraken September 03, 2024 A week ago Thursday, Andrew Bloom and colleagues were among 90 schoolchildren in Burien’s Moshier Memorial Park,…

September 3, 2024
Shooting It ‘Street’ in Downtown Seattle
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Shooting It ‘Street’ in Downtown Seattle

One Roof Foundation and Kraken join local pro sports teams in youth street sports fair, attracting newbie ball hockey players plus those familiar from PE classes ByBob Condor / @ByBobCondor nhl.com/kraken August 16, 2024 While the Kraken compete on ice, the sport has a long tradition of street hockey across big and small towns across the…

August 16, 2024
[NHL] Kraken, NHL donate $225,000 to refurbish outdoor play space
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[NHL] Kraken, NHL donate $225,000 to refurbish outdoor play space

(©Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images) “The Kraken, NHL, One Roof Foundation and Virginia Mason Franciscan Health are committed to inspiring youth and their families to adopt an active and healthy lifestyle in their community and to growing the game through ball hockey spaces across the Puget Sound region. The upgrades to Verlo Playfield in Tacoma,…

December 30, 2023
Pooling Our Resources 
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Pooling Our Resources 

One Roof Foundation honors interconnectivity of local nonprofit sector with invites to Kraken games via Tide Pool program presented by WaFd Bank. Let the raves begin – By Bob Condor @ByBobCondor nhl.com/kraken December 11, 2023 “All things are one thing, and one thing is all things … It is advisable to look from the tide pool…

December 11, 2023