(Providence, RI) - Recently, Skate For Joy had their office grand opening reception located at 76 Dorrance Street, Suite 209, Providence, Rhode Island and proudly announced that Jefferson Financial Services was going to be their 2008-2009 Gold Sponsors. Skate For Joy is a 501 © (3) non-profit organization that is dedicated to helping under-served children […]
Skate for Joy comes to Aquidneck Island
Open registration at St. George’s School in Middletown for would-be young skaters
Providence, R.I.—SKATE FOR JOY, a Providence, R.I.-based program that teaches ice skating and hockey to low-income, under-served youth, will hold an open registration on Tuesday, Sept. 30, from 3-5 p.m. at the Cabot/Harman Ice Center at St. George’s […]
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(PROVIDENCE, R.I.) — The Rotunda Room at Cafe Nuovo was the setting for the fifth annual Skate For Joy fundraiser on Friday April 4, which raised over $30,000.00. This unique non-profit organization is the only one of it’s kind in Rhode Island that teaches the U.S. […]
On June 14, 2008, one of the greats of the skating world, Herb Kaplan, died as the result of a stroke. Skate For Joy is grateful for his guidance and support over the years. He sat on our board of directors for the past two years. In addition, Herb set up the New England Amateur […]
PROVIDENCE — Jane Moran watched as her daughters, Haley, 3, and Yajaira, 4, trudged on the ice.
Too early for the gliding, the North Kingstown girls were having fun though, until Yajaira missed a step and fell.
“Watch me get up,” the 4-year-old said as she attempted to pull herself up.
The cries came about a second later, […]
On April 4, 2008, Skate For Joy will hold its Fifth Annual Fundraiser “Skating For Health” in the Rotunda Room at Cafe Nuovo.
Skate For Joy is a unique 501(c)(3). It offers disadvantaged youth an opportunity to learn the U.S. Figure Skating basic skills in figure skating and hockey.
Honorary Chairpersons for this event are The Honorable […]
The first skill that Carolyn Drumm teaches her ice-skating students is how to fall.”That’s what they are all so freaked out about,” Drumm said. “This way, they get over that fear right away.”
The second skill she teaches is how to get up.
That is her goal, really. Drumm wants to teach disadvantaged kids how to pick […]
All Carolyn Drumm wants is a sheet of ice. It is on ice that she makes things happen.
It doesn’t seem that it should be that difficult. There are plenty of well-groomed patches of the stuff. And considering what Drumm does, it seems that some well-meaning person with some solid ice connections should […]
If Skate for Joy’s inaugural fundraiser on Feb. 23 had been competing in the Olympics, it would have received a gold medal.
The newly formed organization, devoted to bringing ice skating to inner-city children, filled up the Hi-Hat at Davol Square with 125 guests. The mayor of Providence made an appearance. Honorary chair Fayneese […]