Coralville 4th of July Parade

We are again participating in the Coralville 4th of July parade this Saturday at 10:00 a.m.

We are #98 in the parade, and will line up in the Geico parking lot.  Parade rules indicate that we need to be in place by 9:00.

We’ll bring jerseys for the kids to wear.  If they rollerblade, they need to wear helmets.  We’ll also have Gatorade available.

We’ll be handing out hockey stress pucks and business cards, and would like to have 5-6 adults walking with the kids.  We also need 2 adults to carry the banner.

Please e-mail lisa.mascardo@iowacityhockey.org if you’ll be joining us on Saturday.

Thanks and we hope to see you there!

Summer Hockey Skills Sessions

The Coral Ridge Ice Arena will be adding Youth Hockey time starting Monday, July 6th. This will run weekly for 6 weeks from 6:45 – 8:45 p.m. Skill sessions are open to all current and anticipated ICH players.
The plan is to split the ice (with barriers) and have skating/skills done on one half and the stick and puck on the other half.  Depending on the number of kids, they would rotate in groups if they want to do the skills.  The cost is $7.50 per player each week. Parents wishing to help facilitate these sessions please contact lisa.mascardo@iowacityhockey.org.

Summer Hockey Skills Sessions

The Coral Ridge Ice Arena will be adding Youth Hockey time starting Monday, July 6th. This will run weekly for 6 weeks from 6:45 – 8:45 p.m. Skill sessions are open to all current and anticipated ICH players.
The plan is to split the ice (with barriers) and have skating/skills done on one half and the stick and puck on the other half.  Depending on the number of kids, they would rotate in groups if they want to do the skills.  The cost is $7.50 per player each week. Parents wishing to help facilitate these sessions please contact lisa.mascardo@iowacityhockey.org.

New Volunteering Requirement

In order to promote support and participation in our organization, ICH is establishing a Volunteer Requirement effective for the 2009-2010 season. Each family will need to earn 5 volunteer points between now and March. A full list of opportunities for points will be published in the near future, but examples include helping (walking) with the organization in the 4th of July or Iowa Homecoming parades, running the clock or announcing during home games or working a specific shift during the December tournament. In addition, families who personally do the legwork to bring in a sponsorship of $25 or more will earn one point per sponsor. In the event that a family does not have the time to dedicate to volunteering, volunteer points may be purchased for $25 each.

New Volunteering Requirement

In order to promote support and participation in our organization, ICH is establishing a Volunteer Requirement effective for the 2009-2010 season. Each family will need to earn 5 volunteer points between now and March. A full list of opportunities for points will be published in the near future, but examples include helping (walking) with the organization in the 4th of July or Iowa Homecoming parades, running the clock or announcing during home games or working a specific shift during the December tournament. In addition, families who personally do the legwork to bring in a sponsorship of $25 or more will earn one point per sponsor. In the event that a family does not have the time to dedicate to volunteering, volunteer points may be purchased for $25 each.

Fundraising Help Needed

Let’s get Iowa City/Coralville excited about the great sport of Hockey! ICH needs your help getting community sponsorships for our organization. Get the family together and think about any local businesses that you know personally. It could be your neighbor that owns the bike shop or your favorite pizza place.
We need each family to submit at least 3 personally known businesses to contact.
There are two options for contact:
1. You may contact the business directly with marketing packets from the fundraising committee. For every business you approach and collect a minimum of $25, you will be awarded one volunteer point.

2. The fundraising committee will contact the businesses submitted for you.  We will need to know if we may use your name during the contact.
We are tracking business suggestions so as to not have several people contact the same company.
Please send submissions to marla.edwards@iowacityhockey.org by Friday, June 26. 

The fundraising committee must raise $11,000 to keep hockey fees similar to last year so it is extremely important to reach as many businesses as possible.  Our goal is to raise funds by August so a budget and fees can be finalized for the 2009-10 hockey season. Thank you for your time, we need every family to help in order to make this a success!

USA Hockey Registration

The USA Hockey registration season has been changed to May 1- April 30. This change will take effect for the 2009-10 season. Please visit usahockey.org if you have questions and to get your player registered for next season. It is not necessary to register in order to participate in the skills sessions this summer, but we encourage everyone to get registered this summer before the new hockey season begins.