Ice Rink Volunteers Still Needed 2016 - 2017
We are still looking for anyone that is willing to volunteer to water and shovel light snow the 2016 / 2017 ice rink at the Heritage Heights park.
There are just two (2) East side parks with ice rinks! See attached map from the City of Madison.
We have a lack of volunteers this year to water and shovel off the ice and this risks Heritage Heights and Rolling Meadows losing this rink due to lack of volunteers to maintain it.
For several decades the park went without a rink, it has only been back at Heritage Heights park for a few years now.
This is really a valuable winter time feature for all the kids and families living in our neighborhoods.
Please consider giving just an hour or two a month. It is worth a lot, and more than you will ever know. You might be surprised how enjoyable you find it is. Contact me if you want to help.
Thank you. - Mike
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The Heritage Heights park is part of the Adopt A Park program with the City of Madison, and is part of the Adopt Ice Partnership, whereupon volunteers shovel off the city established ice rink whenever there is snow fall that is LESS than 2 inches deep using shovels or brooms.
? Would anyone be willing to lend a hand in watering or shoveling (<2" snow) this winter ?
The volunteers water the rink whenever temperatures are roughly 25 degrees or less, colder temperatures allow the water to freeze faster.
The Heritage Heights park is only one of 18 parks in Madison that have ANY type of winter time activity. There are only 12 parks in the City that get ice rinks. And of the 12, five are maintained by the city full time and the other 7 rely on volunteers to do the light (less than 2" snow) shoveling and the daily or every-other day watering (depending on weather).
We need help to accomplish this for the families and kids that want to continue to have a usable ice rink within walking distance of Heritage Heights and Rolling Meadows neighborhoods. Madison has 234 parks, and of that many there are only 12 ice rinks in the winter spread out over the city. We have a rare feature that other people would love to have close to them.
At the meeting tonight there were only two (2) of us that attended; and just to give you an idea the Olbrich rink has about 15 people that volunteer.
Please lend a hand and keep this rink going for all the kids and families to enjoy.
At the meeting I was able to get the city to provide a second goalie net, so there will be two nets that can allow for a decent hockey game on the ice this winter, weather permitting.
Please help out if you can spare an hour once or twice a week (or month) this winter. Thanks.
HHCA Contacts can be found here.
http://www.hhcamadison.com/contacts.html
We are still looking for anyone that is willing to volunteer to water and shovel light snow the 2016 / 2017 ice rink at the Heritage Heights park.
There are just two (2) East side parks with ice rinks! See attached map from the City of Madison.
We have a lack of volunteers this year to water and shovel off the ice and this risks Heritage Heights and Rolling Meadows losing this rink due to lack of volunteers to maintain it.
For several decades the park went without a rink, it has only been back at Heritage Heights park for a few years now.
This is really a valuable winter time feature for all the kids and families living in our neighborhoods.
Please consider giving just an hour or two a month. It is worth a lot, and more than you will ever know. You might be surprised how enjoyable you find it is. Contact me if you want to help.
Thank you. - Mike
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
The Heritage Heights park is part of the Adopt A Park program with the City of Madison, and is part of the Adopt Ice Partnership, whereupon volunteers shovel off the city established ice rink whenever there is snow fall that is LESS than 2 inches deep using shovels or brooms.
? Would anyone be willing to lend a hand in watering or shoveling (<2" snow) this winter ?
The volunteers water the rink whenever temperatures are roughly 25 degrees or less, colder temperatures allow the water to freeze faster.
The Heritage Heights park is only one of 18 parks in Madison that have ANY type of winter time activity. There are only 12 parks in the City that get ice rinks. And of the 12, five are maintained by the city full time and the other 7 rely on volunteers to do the light (less than 2" snow) shoveling and the daily or every-other day watering (depending on weather).
We need help to accomplish this for the families and kids that want to continue to have a usable ice rink within walking distance of Heritage Heights and Rolling Meadows neighborhoods. Madison has 234 parks, and of that many there are only 12 ice rinks in the winter spread out over the city. We have a rare feature that other people would love to have close to them.
At the meeting tonight there were only two (2) of us that attended; and just to give you an idea the Olbrich rink has about 15 people that volunteer.
Please lend a hand and keep this rink going for all the kids and families to enjoy.
At the meeting I was able to get the city to provide a second goalie net, so there will be two nets that can allow for a decent hockey game on the ice this winter, weather permitting.
Please help out if you can spare an hour once or twice a week (or month) this winter. Thanks.
HHCA Contacts can be found here.
http://www.hhcamadison.com/contacts.html
