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From a “Favorite Things” auction of player gift baskets, to a season record 50/50 jackpot and even a home team victory over a fierce rival, last Saturday’s Kraken Day game celebrated the One Roof Foundation and those contributing to its continued success. By Geoff Baker / @GeoffBakerNHL / nhl.com/kraken March 05, 2025 Kraken employee Rosemary Dinh…
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Maplewood Heights Elementary School in Renton has taken its Little Kraken Floor Hockey league championship to another level, with spectator seating, an anthem singer, a simulated Zamboni machine, a scoreboard ‘Fan Cam’ and a replica Stanley Cup presented by a white gloved keeper who safeguards the trophy year-round in her classroom ByGeoff Baker / @GeoffBakerNHL /…
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Volunteers selling tickets for the 50/50 Raffle, pres. by Washington’s Lottery, at Kraken home games say the work has helped them form friendships beyond the arena ByGeoff Baker / @GeoffBakerNHL/ nhl.com/kraken February 26, 2025 Ashley Arnston was just out of a long-term relationship and hoping to socialize more when volunteering a few seasons ago to sell…
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For Brock McGillis, the first openly gay former pro hockey player, an ongoing “Culture Shift Tour” that made its U.S. debut last week in Seattle highlights the need for players to become “Shiftmakers” in locker rooms by standing up to wrongdoing By Geoff Baker / @GeoffBakerNHL / nhl.com/kraken February 11, 2025 Brock McGillis remembers the moment…
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Winners of the One Roof Foundation 50/50 Raffle, pres. by Washington’s Lottery, at Kraken home games say the winnings helped make their lives better in different ways ByGeoff Baker /@GeoffBakerNHL / nhl.com/kraken January 29, 2025 Kraken fan Ramon Barrientes has always been careful with his money, saving where he can, never gambling or buying lottery tickets…
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A decision by singer/songwriter Billie Eilish to forego her customary “artist gift” at Climate Pledge Arena so the money could be better spent led to a One Roof Foundation project to supply clean drinking water to a local elementary school ByGeoff Baker / @GeoffBakerNHL / nhl.com/kraken December 30, 2024 Chelsea Dziedzic knows it sounds somewhat unbelievable…
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By Alison Lukan / @AlisonL / nhl.com/kraken Denise Stiffarm, managing partner at Pacifica Law Group, understands the power of opportunity. Even though no one else in her immediate family had an advanced degree, as a child growing up on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana Gros as members of the Ventre (Aaniiih/White Clay) Tribe, Stiffarm’s parents…
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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…
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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…
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The Seattle Kraken and One Roof foundation teamed up with The Refugee Women’s Alliance to bring free skating lessons to 80 preschoolers all year long. Read more here…