RAHA 2013 June Newsletter

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THE SEASON AHEAD

Inside this issue:

Message from the Board 1

Did You Know? 2

News and Notes 2

Upcoming fun events 3

More upcoming fun

events

4

Booster happenings and

notes

5

RAHA and Booster Board

members and Important

dates

8

More upcoming fun

events continued 6

Ongoing fundraisers

and sponsors

7

We hope everyone is enjoying what spring and summer we have had so

far. With the late snow and then what seems like endless rain it is hard to

face that we only have just two months left of summer. Although the winter

hockey season is several months away, RAHA Events are only a few short

weeks away. RAHA plans to have a huge presence at Leprechaun Days with

some old favorites returning (Leprechaun Days Parade float, Boosters mer-

chandise booth, Golf Outing and Try Hockey for Free) as well as new additions

(First Annual Street Hockey Tournament). Information on the Leprechaun

Days events are listed on the website as was as the June and July newsletters.

Although the season is still a few months away, our hockey board has been

busy setting up the 2013-2014 season. We had a very new board last year

and accomplished many positive changes. Some of the BOD highlights of the

past season include: creating unique fundraising opportunities to assist in low-

ering the costs of hockey, establishing a monthly newsletter, improving our

website to be more informative and user friendly and creating new develop-

ment opportunities for our young players.. As a board and an association, we

will continue to build on our success and learn from some of our shortfalls.

Keep an eye on the website and upcoming newsletters for details on the up-

coming season. We are looking forward to a fun and successful 2013-2014

season.

See you at the Rink,

RAHA Board of Directors.

Did you know?

• We planning on once

again doing monthly

newsletters through the

season and want to hear

from you! Submissions to

the monthly newsletter

are due the second Friday

of the month. Send in

stories of your teams suc-

cesses and other happen-

ings in the RAHA commu-

nity.

• Contact , Chris Kalata or

MaryAnn Fox with any

ideas you have for the

website.

• You can find RAHA and

Booster board member’s

contact information on

the website. Please do

not hesitate to contact us

with questions or con-

cerns.

• If you inadvertently delete

an association e-blasts ,

you can access it through

the website. Just log on

and click on the envelop

on the top bar.

• Upcoming important

dates are listed on the

home page of the website,

on the last page of the

monthly newsletter and

on the association calen-

dar.

• Even though the winter

season is over you can

start training for next sea-

son with Sweet Hockey.

Your son or daughter has

access to the online stick

handling programs

through August. Access is

available through the

Sweet Hockey tab on the

right upper bar on the

website.

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News & Notes

Congratulations to the 2013 Scholarship Winners

Andrew Dawson, Craig Nelson (RAHA), Hannah Esselman, Cody Merrell, Anthony Winters

• There will be the second annual Try Hockey For Free day at RCC on July 28th. This is a chance for

boys and girls of all ages to give hockey a test run and learn more about this great sport. We will

provide all the equipment (skates, helmets, sticks pads etc.), so all we need is a eager group of

young people who are ready to try hockey. Help to build the RAHA community by letting your

neighbors know.

• We still have some at-large positions available. If you are interested in helping out RAHA please

keep an eye out as these positions will be posted soon.

• Irish Clinic information will be open soon! We have some great coaches lined up to come in and

work with our skaters. Keep an eye on the website for details.

• We are having a First Annual Street Hockey event during Leprechaun Days. Sorry grown ups this is

just for the kids! Maybe next year!

Rosemount Area Hockey Association (RAHA) awarded four post-secondary educa-

tion scholarships. Awards were presented to one male Rosemount Varsity Hockey

Player and one female Rosemount Varsity Hockey Player. Two additional scholar-

ships were awarded to either a male or female who has participated in at least 4

seasons of Rosemount Youth Hockey (Mini Mites through Jr. Gold). Congratulation

to our Winners and best of luck in your future endeavors.

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Upcoming Fun Events

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The Rosemount Blue Line Club Presents the 2013 NHL Charity Game, Thursday July

25th at Rosemount Community Center & Ice Arena. Tickets are $30 with proceeds

benefiting the MN Sled Hockey Association, Caneff Family Scholarships and RHS

Boys Hockey. Tickets can be purchased through any High School player or directly

on the boys website. See the RHS Boys Hockey Website at rosemounthockey.com

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BOOSTERS AT LEPRECHAUN DAYS

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LEPRECHAUN DAYS PARADE– SATURDAY JULY 27th

Merchandise Sales We will have our hockey merchandise booth open during Leprechaun

Days. You may purchase Irish Hockey apparel and other items on Fri-

day, July 26th from 4pm-9pm or on Saturday, July 27th from 12pm-

9pm. We are also looking for volunteers to help during the hours of

the sale. Please contact Becky Pasch (bpasch@charter.net) if you would

like to help out.

Mark your calendars for Saturday July 27th! Rosemount Youth Hockey Boosters are hosting their annual Leprechaun Days

Parade Float. Details will be posted on the website and in the July newsletter. We welcome all REV and RAHA players and

families to join us in the parade! It’s a great way to celebrate our associations and rev up for the up coming season and cele-

brate our great community!

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More Upcoming Fun Events

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1st Annual Leprechaun Days Street Hockey Tourney - July 28th

RAHA will be hosting a Street Hockey Tournament in the RCC Parking Lot on Sunday July 28th for Boys

in Girls at the Mini-Mite, Mite and Squirt Age Levels.

$72 Per Team or $12 Per Player - Includes Event Tee-Shirt

Kids will play on one of (3) 80ft.x 40ft. rink outlined with chalk on the RCC parking lot surface and will

be played in a 3x3 format with no goalies. Each game will have a referee monitoring the action. We

will have a refreshment stand on hand during the event and medals/trophies for the winners.

3 divisions:

Squirts/U10 Girls - Mites/U8 Girls - Mini Mites/U6 Girls

Each division will be made up of 6 teams, with 6 players on each team. We are encouraging team sign

-ups, but if you do not have a team and would like to sign-up as an individual, your name will be

placed on a waiting list in the order it was received. When registration closes (two weeks before the

event), we will notify you if your son or daughter has been placed on a team. You should register for

the level they will be playing in 2013-2014 season. Each team is guaranteed 3 games and each game

will run 20 minutes.

Required Equipment:

Helmet with face mask, hockey stick and athletic shoes (No sandals or flip flops)

Recommended Optional Equipment:

We strongly encourage Hockey Gloves,

Elbow Pads, Knee or shin pads, mouth

guard and protective cup to keep your

team participants fully protected

Registration is now open on the RAHA

website!

REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON SUNDAY

JULY 21st

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If you are interested in getting involved with the Rosemount Youth Hockey Boosters,

please contact the Booster Secretary (Carrie Allen) at alleca1@gmail.com to be placed on

the email distribution list. The boosters have many opportunities for you to get involved

in your hockey organization!

More Upcoming Fun Events Continued

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Money off hockey for driving your car? YES!!! Receive an $8 ice credit on EVERY $100

Gas Card purchased through the RAHA website. Use your card at the pump or in the

store for Gas or goods. Use gas coupons along with your card to save even MORE! We

are running this program 24/7/365, so buy cards all year round to maximize your ice cred-

its. Visit our KWIK TRIP PAGE for more details and how to order.

RAHA has teamed up with Nitti Sanitation where you can earn an $80 ice bill credit when

you switch over to Nitti. They offer the best prices in town and you will be supporting a

hometown business who has kids in our association. See our NITTI SANITATION

PAGE for more details and how to sign-up.

Earn a $25 ice bill credit on every box of chocolate bars you purchase ($50 per box +$1 Ship-

ping). Eat Em Up yourself or sell the bars to friends, family, neighbors or at your office. We have

Almond, and Crunch currently available. See our World’s Finest Page for more details on how to

order WORLDS FINEST PAGE.

Earn a $3 ice credit for every $25 plant card that you purchase. That is $12 back on every

$100 in cards that you purchase. With the planting season in the rear view mirror, these

make GREAT GIFTS for your green thumb family and friends. Visit our GERTENS

PAGE for more details and how to order.

Earn money for RAHA and yourself while supporting many of our local merchants like Carbone’s,

Rosemount Liquor, Las Tortillas, and many more. Stop into Carbone’s or Rosemount Liquor and ask

for a RAHA Choice Loyalty card and you can immediately start earning your rewards (3% Rosemount

Liquor, 5% at Carbone’s) RAHA will benefit by receiving half of the reward and the other half goes

directly back onto your card for future purchases. If you visit any of the Choice Loyalty merchants and

you don’t have a card, you are missing out. Visit our FUNDRAISING PAGE for more details.

Start Saving NOW for the Upcoming Hockey Season

SPONSORS

We are creating a great recognition program for our Sponsors. If you would like to be a sponsor please contact Shaun

Nelson at Shaunnelson@charter.net or 612-860-8555.

All the fundraising options listed below are available for our members to utilize all Year Round

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2013-14 RAHA Board of Directors

President Craig Nelson

Vice President Kyle Anderson

Operations/Fundraising Shaun Nelson

Secretary/Treasurer Mike Humble

Communications MaryAnn Fox

Website/Volunteers/

Registration Chris Kalata

ACE Coordinator Dan Nicklay

Coaches Coordinator Matt Berg

Player Development- Travel Troy Campbell

Player Development #2-T Jeff Tuccitto

Tournaments Coordinator Scott Nitti

IP Coordinator (Mites&U8) Lisa Toll

Player Development - IP Stacy Johnston

Traveling Coordinator Dave Tentis

Girls Coordinator David Nygaard

IP Coordinator

(Mini-Mite,U6) Andy Proshek

2013-14 RAHA Booster Officers

President Cara Marx

Vice President Stacy Retka

Secretary Carrie Allen

Treasurer Elizabeth Hoover

Merchandise Coordinator Becky Pasch

Merchandise Assistant Stacy Retka

Merchandise Assistant Meredith Johnson

Merchandise Assistant Melanie Hekrdle

Tournament Director Julie Salak

Tournament Director Chris Noonkesser

Friday, July 12 Submissions for July Newsletter due

July 20th Annual Golf Outing at Emerald Greens

July 25th NHL Charity Game at RCC

Saturday, July 27 Online Clinic and Season Registration Opens

Saturday, July 27 Leprechaun Days Parade

Sunday, July 28 Try Hockey for Free Day at RCC

July 28th First Annual Street Hockey Tournament at RCC

Sunday, July 28 Girls Alumni Game at RCC

August 10 Traveling Coaches Applications Deadline

September 8-25 Goalie Clinic

September 10 Initiation Program Coaches Application Deadline

September 3-24 Irish Clinic Sessions - Traveling Ages

September 8-October 4 Irish Clinic Sessions - U8/Mite/Mini-Mite Ages

Tuesday, September 17** Boys Traveling Tryout Meeting at RCC

September 27th—October 11th** Traveling Tryouts

Monday, October 14** IP Mandatory Parent Meeting

October 26-27 Hockey Days

October 26** Halloween Costume Party at Carbone’s

November 8-November 10** IP Evaluations

Monday’s January-December Bingo at Carbone’s

October 7, 12-13 REV U12 and U10 Tryouts

**Not Confirmed

Important Dates