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Last Chance to Apply for Equipment Grants!

By Minnesota Hockey, 02/25/14, 8:30AM CST

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Applications must be submitted by February 28, 2014.

There is less a week to apply for a Gear Up Minnesota! grant.  Equipment grants from Gear Up Minnesota! have been used by associations across the state to attract new players and make hockey more accessible.  To be eligible to receive a grant for next season, associations must apply by February 28th.

Gear Up Minnesota! – a joint effort between Minnesota Hockey, Total Hockey and the Minnesota Wild Foundation – awarded starter hockey equipment grants to 36 community youth hockey associations in Minnesota last year.  In coordination with Try Hockey For Free and other growth initiatives, Gear Up Minnesota! has given our associations the tools necessary to encourage kids like Lane & Abby to play hockey.

Apply now and let us know what your association has done or is doing to earn a Gear Up Minnesota! grant.  It can be a novel concept that has never been done before or a program that worked really well at another association.  What matters is whatever it takes to get more boys and girls involved in hockey. 

Worried about not having enough time? Our application process is online, eliminating the hassle of paperwork, and we know our community associations are filled with volunteers, not professional grant writers, so the application is quick and easy.  Simply answer four questions by providing details on why your association deserves a grant and what you will do with it.

Associations interested in receiving starter goalie equipment should also note that in their application as this will be the first season Gear Up Minnesota! offers goalie equipment.

Thank you to the Minnesota Wild Foundation, Total Hockey, Fruchi, West Bend Insurance, Subway and our other partners for your involvement with Gear Up Minnesota!  Without your support, Gear Up Minnesota! and the number of new hockey players it has produced wouldn’t be possible.

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