Grindstone Difference Maker Award: Haley Rath
Written by Sam Sgro (August 9, 2022) One word comes to mind when discussing Grindstone Award Foundation Board member Haley Rath: passionate. Rath has had quite the…
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Grindstone Difference Maker Award: Laura Oliver
Written by Sam Sgro (June 5, 2022) The Grindstone Award Foundation has changed the lives of many girls across the country and much of its progress over…
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Family Feud Canada: National Women’s Team Plays for Grindstone
Laura Stacey, Blayre Turnbull, Sarah Nurse, Marie-Philip Poulin, and Natalie Spooner, with Host Gerry Dee, on Family Feud Canada. Photo credit: CBC Written by Sam Sgro On…
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Grindstone Award Recipient Spotlight: Alice
Written by Sam Sgro This recipient spotlight is all about Alice of the Vancouver Angels. Through her mom, Tina, Alice’s story and hockey journey was shared, and…
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EVENT SPOTLIGHT Skate with the Thunder
Credit Teri Di-Lauro The Grindstone Award Foundation finished off 2018 with another great event, in partnership with the Canadian Women’s Hockey League, hosting a third skills clinic…
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EVENT SPOTLIGHT Furies Charity Clinic
“It was a fantastic day. My daughter left so inspired and can’t wait to come back,” said Christina Provis. Rave reviews poured in through social media following…
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EVENT SPOTLIGHT Inferno Charity Clinic
“Can we have another camp like this?” It was one of the first questions asked by one of the female hockey players to the Calgary Inferno after…
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All ages | Spoon Full of Dreams
We are very excited to announce Whistler Women’s Hockey League will be donating all net proceeds to the Grindstone Award Foundation from their Spring Fling Tournament, held this May 2018! This is an unbelievable act of generosity from the Whistler Women’s Hockey League to help support the advancement of women’s hockey. The organizers wanted to have direct impact on the game we all love – and this is one way they knew they could do that.
Girls age 5-18 | Girls Rock the Rink 2019
We are very excited to announce Whistler Women’s Hockey League will be donating all net proceeds to the Grindstone Award Foundation from their Spring Fling Tournament, held this May 2018! This is an unbelievable act of generosity from the Whistler Women’s Hockey League to help support the advancement of women’s hockey. The organizers wanted to have direct impact on the game we all love – and this is one way they knew they could do that.
Girls Rock the Rink
We are very excited to announce Whistler Women’s Hockey League will be donating all net proceeds to the Grindstone Award Foundation from their Spring Fling Tournament, held this May 2018! This is an unbelievable act of generosity from the Whistler Women’s Hockey League to help support the advancement of women’s hockey. The organizers wanted to have direct impact on the game we all love – and this is one way they knew they could do that.