Click the image above for a PDF of the Griffins Youth Foundation brochure!  

 
Calendar of Events

April: 2010-11 season waiting list application for new players will be posted

April 9 - Griffins/Van Andel Arena playhouse raffle drawing
Purchase tickets/get more information at all Griffins home games or online

Aug. 30 - 16th Annual Griffins Youth Foundation Golf Classic at Egypt Valley Country Club
Information coming soon
 

Get your mortgage from Awareness Home Funding, and they will make a donation to the Griffins Youth Foundation!

Check out our photo galleries!

  15th Annual GRGYF Golf Classic - Sept. 1, 2009 

  The Great Skate Winterfest - Jan. 10-11, 2009
  
  Teams

  Girl Scout Teams

GRIFFINS YOUTH FOUNDATION PROGRAMMING

All programs are FREE. Equipment and ice time are provided by the GRGYF.
 

OLYMPIC DIVISION

Hockey instruction and games for first, second and third grade children.

ADAMS DIVISION

Hockey instruction and games for fourth, fifth and sixth grade children.

NORRIS DIVISION

Hockey instruction and games for seventh, eighth and ninth grade children.

GIRL SCOUT HOCKEY

In partnership with the Girl Scouts of Michigan Trails, this instructional hockey program is made up of area girls in grades 5-9 and consists of an all-female coaching staff.

SLED HOCKEY

Hockey instruction for physically challenged youth. Sled hockey rules are virtually identical to traditional hockey, except participants are on bladed sleds.

The Grand Rapids Sled Wings, a team of physically challenged teenagers, are sponsored by the foundation in partnership with Mary Free Bed Rehabiliation Hospital. They began the first junior-level sled hockey team in Michigan upon their founding in 2001.

OPEN-SKATING PROGRAMS

In addition to hockey programming we also offer ice skating opportunities, including holiday lunch skates and Special Olympics speed skating.

ROSA PARKS CIRCLE

We also provide all the skates for Rosa Parks Circle Ice Rink, the downtown outdoor ice rink that draws over 20,000 visitors per year.

All skating and hockey programs are held at Griff's IceHouse at Belknap Park.