![[Fansided] SPORTS TEAMS HAVE TO HELP FIX THE CLIMATE CRISIS](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1227995566-1024x683.jpeg)
“Professional sports teams can be active leaders in addressing the climate crisis. At present, few teams in the U.S. and abroad are actively shifting their practices… The efforts of the Seattle Kraken alone are expected to save their home city 50,000 gallons of water a year. These teams do more than just play in a…
Three classes from Refugee Women’s Alliance began learning to skate at Kraken Community Iceplex in October. This week, the 3- to 5-year-old skaters graduated and celebrated — by Bob Condor The cheerful din at the NHL team’s practice rink at Kraken Community Iceplex started long before gaggles of pre-kindergarten children, ages 3 to 5, skated and…
![[NHL.com] Black Girl Hockey Club Awards $29,000 in Scholarships](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/BGHC.jpg)
“The Black Girl Hockey Club has awarded $29,000 in summer scholarships to nine players as part of its ongoing effort to make the sport more accessible to women of color…The proceeds for the awards come from the BGHC Scholarship Fund, which includes an $11,000 donation from the One Roof Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the…
Kraken Unity Fund Together with Starbucks to celebrate local community heroes. Ownership group led by Bonderman family donating $32,000 each home game — by Bob Condor On opening night of the Kraken’s inaugural season, the franchise lifted a “32” banner to the brand-new Climate Pledge Arena rafters in honor of the 32,000 ticket depositor-fans who over…
![[Seattle Times] Kraken to celebrate community heroes, award $32,000 grants at each home game](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-05-24-09_49_16-Kraken-to-celebrate-community-heroes-award-32000-grants-at-each-home-game-_-T-1024x680.jpg)
“The Kraken are asking fans to recommend civic-minded friends and neighbors, some of whom will see a grant of $32,000 awarded to their chosen nonprofit at each of the 41 regular-season home games next season. The Kraken Unity Fund Together with Starbucks will sponsor a celebration of what a team release termed ‘a community hero’…
![[Puget Sound Business Journal] Seattle Kraken and One Roof Foundation work to make hockey an inclusive sport](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/21-10-27-ReWA-Kraken8818-copy-1024x521.jpg)
The Seattle Kraken and One Roof Foundation are proud to receive this year’s Puget Sound Business Journal “Corporate Champion Award.” Read more on our commitment to community and qualifications for this award here….
![[Cision] SEATTLE KRAKEN ANNOUNCE FUND TO HONOR COMMUNITY EXCELLENCE](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/image-9.png)
“Today, the Seattle Kraken announced that they will honor and celebrate a community hero and a non-profit of their choice with a grant of $32,000 at every Kraken regular season home game, starting next season…Fans will be asked to nominate people who exemplify the values of the Kraken’s non-profit, One Roof Foundation, are inspirational leaders in their…
Marking Earth Month, One Roof Foundation and partners launch environmental justice initiatives to address pollution in South Park and Duwamish Valley — by Bob Condor The quest for a sustainable planet is a worldwide issue but the impact is undeniably local. We all want fresh air and clean water. For Seattle’s South Park neighborhood, it’s…
YouthCare’s Ravenna House and ‘Independence, Security, Initiative, Success’ program serves LGBTQ+ homeless youth via teamwork and leaders intent on changing lives — By Bob Condor Any fan who studies a hockey game, looking beyond the score, will quickly surmise basic tenets required for team success. You notice multiple shifts of players skating on and off…
![[Puget Sound Business Journal] PSBJ unveils 2022 Corporate Citizenship honorees](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PSBJ.jpg)
“The Seattle Kraken is PSBJ’s Corporate Citizen of the Year for its wins outside the rink, helping youth and communities in need… The organization and its One Roof Foundation is PSBJ’s Corporate Champion of the Year.” — Read more here….
