Houston Hockey Community

Mission 1
is to grow the game of ice hockey throughout Texas communities. We are dedicated to providing equal access to the sport, fostering inclusivity, and breaking down financial barriers by offering affordable programs and opportunities for individuals to develop their skills, engage in teamwork, and experience the joy of ice hockey. We seek to provide adaptive ice skating programs to individuals with disabilities and injuries to encourage rehabilitation and self-esteem, and to provide instructional programs and developmental opportunities for ice hockey players of all creeds, skill levels, and abilities.
Mission 2
We are on a mission to fortify the foundation of the Houston Hockey Community. Our focus is to grow the sport from the grassroots. Our Directors and community advocates actively engage in outreach initiatives. Our Street Fleet Program will provide opportunities for underprivileged youth to play the game in their neighborhood while learning life-essential skills and working together as a team. In addition, we have built an indoor recreation center that offers Indoor/outdoor Floor & Street Hockey, Dryland Hockey Practice Zones, and a couple of indoor batting cages as a crossover sport. We pledge to establish equitable programs for youth and adults. Our commitment extends to fundraising for charitable causes and contributing positively to the community, in collaboration with our partners. Furthermore, the Houston Hockey Community openly collaborates with groups and investors to rejuvenate existing facilities and construct new venues for Floor, Outdoor hockey , Street, Roller, and Ice Hockey.

Our Street Fleet Program breaks down financial and social barriers in the underserved, low-income communities to provide opportunities for the youth to learn and participate in the team sport of hockey right in their own neighborhoods. Street Fleet provides a quality learning experience that builds life skills such as teamwork, confidence and self-esteem while giving the children a constructive, safe place to play.

HHC Directors and Community Advocates actively participate in outreach initiatives throughout the city. Our community champions will visit schools, community centers, churches, and more – to engage families and children and invite them to participate in a learn-to-play program at their locations.

Once a relationship has been established with a church or school to implement the program, HHC will schedule a Street Fleet 2-hour session with that location to provide hockey equipment and host personal how to play instruction in small groups initially, working up to creating teams to play a non-competitive game to learn or sharpen their skills by having fun.

HHC will provide healthy refreshments and snacks during each session, stressing the importance of hydration and fuel for our bodies and why it’s important when playing sports.

HHC will allow a responsible designated coordinator at the location store the equipment at their location for use at the next scheduled HHC visit. The subsequent visits can be scheduled as weekly, bi-monthly, monthly or after school programs, as deemed appropriate by each location and staff availability.

Each session will be aimed to encourage participation, build physical skills and coordination as individuals and as a team through inclusion.

We have great Champions through out the communities to slect the locations for us to initiate the programs. Through Sponsors, donations and grants we will be able to grow the New hockey community together. We can recruit volunteers through certain schools that are in involved in hockey to help on site. The majority of our board members are also active players and able to provide education, hockey knowledge, mentorship and coaching. Our Ultimate goale is to get 2000 inner-city underprivelaged kids from underserved Houston communities playing the game in streets, driveways, parks and our facility. In addition we want to graduate these youth p[layers into Roller and Ice. This will take help from the City to build venues for this advancement!

We have solidified 10 percent (5 Locations) of the inner-city locations to roll out the Street Fleet Program. We are seeking support for the following items to support the program
ITEM COST
T Shirts $750
STICKS $350
BALLS $100
NETS $500
VEHICLE $1,200
STAFF (4) -12 Visits $2,880
REFRESHMENTS $1,200
NUTRITIONAL FOOD $1,200
COACH/TRAINER $1,200
Total 1st year cost per location $8,630