For Immediate Release
February 1, 2010
Contact: Carolyn Drumm
Contact Phone: 401-751-4JOY
SKATE FOR JOY COMES TO NEWPORT!
Skate for Joy is a non-profit organization committed to helping children discover the joy of ice skating. The program dedicates its time and effort to underserved kids in the Providence and Newport communities to give them a chance to take part in [...]
Skate for Joy Skate-A-Thon
By: Colleen O’Toole
Some skaters spun in circles, some latched on to each other to form a train, while some just glided on the ice but all with the same goal: to raise money for Skate for Joy at the first skate-a-thon held at St. George’s School in Middletown, RI on January 25, [...]
CHEERS to the organizers of Skate For Joy, a nonprofit organization that offers ice skating instruction to children who otherwise would not have the opportunity.
Carolyn Drumm, a former professional figure skater, was inspired by an Oprah Winfrey show that urged people to use their own special skills to help others. Initially, Drumm arranged for skating [...]
Skating program takes center ice
By Joe Baker, Daily News staff, 1/9/09
Like millions of Americans, Carolyn Drumm watches Oprah Winfrey’s show when she can. And because she does, youngsters in Providence and Newport are reaping the rewards.
Seven years ago, after watching an Oprah segment entitled “Use Your Life,” Drumm had what she called “a light-bulb [...]
(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 [...]