Join the Twin Cities figure skating community and raise funds for local families affected by ICE! The skate jam includes open skate and an available movement workshop.
WHEN: Saturday, Feb 28, from 6:00-7:15 PM (doors open at 5:45 PM)
WHERE: Recreation Outdoor Center (ROC), 3700 Monterey Drive, St. Louis Park, 55416
SUGGESTED DONATION: $20 per person + food shelf item
Can't go but want to support the cause? Donate directly at bit.ly/skj-228.
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SCHEDULE
5:45 p.m. - doors open
6:00-7:15 p.m. - ice opens for community skate
6:15 p.m. - movement workshop led by Cameron Claire & Courtney Kuhn
WHAT TO BRING
your own pair of skates
clothes for the weather
Unbreakable Minnesota takes place at the St. Louis Park Community Center's Recreation Outdoor Center, which is an artificially chilled outdoor rink. While the rink and bleachers have an awning over them to shelter from precipitation, make sure to dress for the weather. Inside the community center, you will have access to restrooms and water fountains.
This rent assistance fund directly benefits people who reside in West 7th or Highland, or families who have children who attend schools in these neighborhoods. All recipients are referred by community members such as school social workers or counselors, faith leaders, case workers, or organizations. | givebutter.com/4GPBCT
Neighbors Helping Neighbors is a community-led support network. Its GoFundMe has partnered with the Family Housing Fund, a local nonprofit, to distribute donations to those in need not only while ICE is in the Twin Cities but in the aftermath of their departure. | nhn-tc.org/donate, fhfund.org
Founded in 1897, Neighborhood House supports immigrants and refugees on St. Paul's West Side. Services include programming and education for all ages, family centers, housing stability, and food support. | neighborhoodhousemn.org
While we're proud to support these amazing organizations, they are not official partners and our fundraising efforts are not reflective of their work.
Cameron Claire, Courtney Kuhn, and Lianna McLernon are organizing Unbreakable Minnesota. All three are skating coaches at St. Louis Park Skating School, although you may have seen Courtney and Cameron coaching (and sometimes performing!) throughout the Twin Cities.
Cameron Claire and Courtney Kuhn are leading the movement workshop.
Cameron (they/them) is a coach and choreographer based in Eagan, Minnesota. Their love of contemporary skating is informed by their background in synchronized skating, hockey cheerleading, and growing up with a rink in their backyard (thanks, dad!!!). Cameron believes that skating is for everyone, and that feeling like yourself on the ice is more important than any title or trophy.
Lianna (she/her) grew up skating in Minnesota winters, stumbled into figure skating through a college PE class, and found a home at the St. Louis Park Skating School. Outside of skating, she loves to downhill ski, go to the dog park, and read. Lianna also works as the marketing and communications director at Theater Mu, the largest Asian American theater company in the Midwest.
Courtney (she/her) is a coach based out of Minneapolis specializing in team-based skating and edge excellence. She has served as the assistant director of a national-level Theatre on Ice program, has competed at the national level as a synchronized skater, and is a proud recipient of the Professional Skater's Association's President's Excellence Award with the STARS Academy. Her experiences as a coach and athlete give her a unique perspective on both the athletic and artistic sides of the sport. Courtney is committed to fostering confidence and creativity on and off the ice.
We recommend some familiarity with skating so that all skaters on the ice feel safe and stable in their skates :)
We will offer a Movement Workshop at 6:15pm in the center of the rink, and skaters of all levels are welcome to participate. This will be an opportunity for skaters to move together as a community, and try new things.
While workshop leaders Cameron Claire and Courtney Kuhn may demonstrate more advanced moves, they will also provide modifications.
Note that participation is not mandatory, and the ice will remain available for all skaters during this time.
Additionally, attendees are welcome to go in and out of the workshop as they see fit if they'd like to take a few laps with friends, work on something on their own, or take a break on the risers.
Yes, please wear the skates that you are most comfortable in! The Movement Workshop will be accessible for skaters in figure skates and hockey skates. If you prefer not to skate at any point during the event, you are welcome to watch from the hockey benches or the risers.
Yes, this event is family friendly! We ask that all children be accompanied by an adult.
Please send any further questions to unbreakableminnesota@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you!