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Nov 28, 20232 min read

Feminine Products Drive to end Period Poverty

The Medicine Hat Skateboard Association is announcing that we are launching a feminine products drive to affect Period Poverty in our community in partnership with Root Cellar Food and Wellness Hub

The Medicine Hat Skateboard Association is doing a trip to Mexico January 1 to 8, 2024. A need of the girls home that we partner with is Feminine Hygiene Products. As we did research locally, it was discovered that there is a major need here in Medicine Hat for these products as many women are choosing between purchasing food for their family and purchasing hygiene products. A couple of suitcases of product will go to the girls home in Mexico with the remainder to go to the Root Cellar in Medicine Hat for distribution locally.

The Medicine Hat Skateboard Association is partnering with the Root Cellar to collect and distribute the products. Melissa Mullis, Executive Director of the Root Cellar “We are so excited to be partnering with the Medicine Hat Skateboard Association to address period poverty in our community. It means a lot to us to come alongside this incredible community organization to support us as we continue to commit to having period poverty products on our shelves for our families. Thank you to everyone who supports this incredible initiative.”

Feminine Products Drive details : Campaign to run November 23, 2023 to December 13, 2023

Drop Off Locations : -the Root Cellar -Save-On-Foods -Mr. Lube @mr. Lube -Station Coffee -Western Financial - 1-1299 TransCanada Way -Rescliff Pharmasave

-Feminine Products can also be dropped off at the Skateboard Silent Auction on Sunday December 3/23 which will be held at 7pm at the Ballroom in the Beveridge Building 620 Second Street SE #medhat #skateboard #skatersmakingadifference

End Period Poverty Campaign In The News:

https://chatnewstoday.ca/2023/11/23/skateboard-association-strives-to-end-period-poverty-one-donation-at-a-time/

https://medicinehatnews.com/news/local-news/2023/11/25/mh-skateboard-association-seeks-to-end-period-poverty/

https://www.facebook.com/comtvdotca/videos/1054726342617237

Oct 25, 20232 min read

Nov Skate Skool 2024

Bay3 November SkateSkool - Pre-Registration Required

Here are the details for the November SkateSkool -> Session #1 4 weeks starting Sunday, November 5 to Sunday, November 26, 2023.

We would love to have your child register!

We are doing advance bookings during the following times : Sunday 1-1:50pm Sunday 2-2:50pm Sunday 3-3:50pm (all girls session) Sunday 4-4:50pm Sunday 5-5:50pm

Details : Each Session is a 5 week program for kids 5 years and older. These are 50 minute group lessons on Sunday afternoons. Instructors are volunteers from the Medicine Hat Skateboard Association. All your kids require is a helmet and a skateboard (we have extras of both if you don't have one yet).

Goal : 8-10 kids and minimum 2 instructors per session. Lessons will be held at Bay3 Indoor - 1870-6 Ave SW (across from SALTA and beside Camp Ice Cream) on Sundays. Pre registration required.

Cost : 1 Session (4 weeks) $75 (please let us know if finances are an issue as we don’t want this to hold back any kids) If you would like to register, please email medhatskate@gmail.com with the following info : -Kids name -Kids age -Parents name -Parents email address -Parents phone number -Preferred time as per above (spots are on a first come basis but we will try to accommodate your request) -We will plan to have an optional all-girls session - at 3pm email medhatskate@gmail.com for more details

Payment can be etransfered to medhatskate@gmail.com (No password required)

Thanks for your support. Your registration helps us to keep the doors open to Bay3.

If you have any questions - please do not hesitate to contact us via our facebook account or email medhatskate@gmail.com

Bay3 is possible because of the support of Tim Hortons, and Eagles Nest Ranch and our friends Nicole Keeler and Jeff Pahlson. Bay3 is located at 1870-6 Ave SW (across from SALTA). Shoutout to @zach fisher for the poster design

Join us: 1870 6 Ave SW, Medicine Hat, AB, Canada, Alberta

Oct 25, 20231 min read

Skateboard Humanitarian Mexico Trip 2024

Updated: Nov 28, 2023

Medicine Hat skateboarding youth to embark on humanitarian journey

MEDICINE HAT, AB – The Medicine Hat Skateboard Association (https://www.facebook.com/medhatskate) gives back to our community in many ways, including bottle drives dona

tions, and cleaning up litter downtown.

However, their commitment to community service extends beyond Canada’s borders, as they embark on a humanitarian journey in early January. They are going to Mexico, with 30 youth skateboarders in tow.

Over the years, the Medicine Hat Skateboard Association has made three trips to Mexico and one to Nigeria.

In Mexico, the skateboarders will help build houses with Homes of Hope (https://www.ywamhomesofhope.org/), a part of the organization Youth with a Mission. They will also spend time assisting at a girls home, that takes young girls out of sex trafficking.

To facilitate this journey, the Medicine Hat Skateboard Association needs to raise about $30,000. The initial fundraising effort is a bottle drive that starts tomorrow at Ecole St. John Paul II school, running from 11 am to 3 pm. On December 3, there will be a silent auction.

Email us if you’d like more details or like to help fundraiser medhatskate@gmail.com

Ways to help

1). GoFundMe

Skateboard Humanitarian Mexico Trip 2024, organized by Medicine Hat Skateboard Association gofund.me

2). To obtain a charitable donation receipt :

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/eagles-nest-ranch-association/

Mark “skateboard” in memo

3) etransfer medhatskate@gmail.com