Youth Enjoying In-Line Skating in Bohanon Park
Several northside youth are enjoying some time on skates thanks to the Rink Rat program at Bohanon Park. The program, run by the Herb Brooks Foundation, provides the opportunity for youth to learn how to skate, in-line in the summer and ice skating in the winter, through out Minneapolis.
According to the Brooks Foundation website:
The Rink Rat program is an innovative program to teach hockey and skating skills to urban youth in Minneapolis. Funded by a grant from the Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation and administered by Marvin and Larry Hendrickson of the HBF, the program has enrolled over 160 kids from five different Minneapolis schools. The kids skate once a week at one of six different outdoor rinks, all in Minneapolis Parks – Matthews, Webber, Pearl, Lake Hiawatha, North Commons and Bohanon.
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