HF Youth Hockey Had A Busy Week

To say that the HF Vikings Youth Hockey Association has had a busy week would be an understatement. On Sunday, August 18th they held their first Annual Vikings Hockey Golf Classic at Coyote Run Golf Course in Flossmoor. While Mother Nature tried her best to dampen the outing Sunday morning, the event was still able to be played as the weather cleared for the 1:30pm shotgun start. 79 golfers came out to enjoy beautiful weather in the afternoon and another 20 joined the group for dinner. At the end of the day they were all able to help raise over $4,500 for the organization. That money will go directly back into the program which is ran by the HF Park District. The event would not have been possible without the help from their sponsors and the great staff at Coyote Run Golf Course and Wiley’s Grill.

The Vikings followed that up with their annual Registration Weekend with returning players registering on Saturday, August 24th and new players registering on Sunday, August 25th. The program attracted well over 100 players again this year and they will once again field teams from the developmental level (5-6 year olds) all the way to Bantams (13-14 year olds). Evaluations are September 7th and 8th and their NWHL season kicks off with ther first games the weekend of September 28th.

The HF Youth Vikings Hockey Board used registration day to ask for water / supply donations for University Park residents who still have lead in their water. Nix-Nax Activewear in Homewood was a drop off point during the week for residents who could not donate on Saturday. When it was all said and done, the Organization was able to deliver 4 SUV’s packed to the brim with water and supplies to the University Park Fire Department from where they will be distributed to residents in the village.

About Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings Youth Hockey Association

They are a hockey association serving the youth of the South Suburbs of Chicago and Northwest Indiana since 1985. Their teams play in the Northwest Hockey League and players range from 7 years old up to 14 years old. They also have a program for kids under the age of 7 called the Dyno-Mites that teaches the kids the basic skills of the game of hockey and get them prepared for league play at the age of 7. For those new to hockey, they also offer learn to skate / hockey skills classes for children ages 4 and up. In addition to playing hockey, many of our players / families are active in giving back to local communities. During the 2018-2019 season, members of their hockey family made baby blankets for local hospitals, assembled 130 boxes of food for Feed Our Starving Children that provided 18,080 meals and fed 77 children for a year, participated in the Chicago Police Memorial Hockey Jamboree that raised more than $8,000 for the families of injured and fallen officers, delivered a Get Well Card for Park Forest Officer Tim Jones on behalf of the Jamboree and volunteered at the Ronald McDonald House at Advocate Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn.

For more information about their programs please contact HF Hockey Director Chris Cimoch at 708.957.0100 ext. 1133 or HF Hockey Board President Steve Macri at 815.582.1278. You can also follow them at:

www.hfyouthhockey.org

www.facebook.com/HFVikingsYHA

Twitter: @HFVIKINGSYHA

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