Friends Of the Rink (FOR) is a grass-roots nonprofit organization made up of individuals from Mt. Shasta and surrounding communities. The FOR team is passionate about ice skating, community, and Siskiyou Ice Rink. FOR was established both to support the management of Siskiyou Ice Rink and to raise funds for improvements at the rink.
Mission Statement
Friends of the Rink’s Mission is to raise funds to create a financially sustainable year-round facility and to plan and support ongoing improvements of Siskiyou Ice Rink in Mount Shasta, California.
More About Us
The need for a benevolent organization to help support Mt. Shasta Recreation and Parks District in facilitating and maintaining Siskiyou Ice Rink became clear early in the rink’s development. Beginning as a rink advisory committee, FOR soon evolved into a charitable group, operating under the umbrella of the Associated Charitable Resource of South Siskiyou (ACROSS). ACROSS was established in the year 2000 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, primarily to enhance the communities of the Shasta Cascade region by enabling local charitable groups such as FOR.
FOR members and supporters have always been devoted to the welfare of the rink, and generous with their energy, time and talents. For the past 17 years FOR has worked with participating individuals and organizations to raise funds to ensure the successful operation of Siskiyou Ice Rink. Thanks to generous contributions, the rink has been expanded to a NHL regulation-sized rink. Other funded improvements include the purchase of a Zamboni, new dasher boards, improved electrical wiring, lighting and sound, improved drainage, and new skate sharpening equipment.
FOR has assisted the rink in numerous other capacities, including: raising funds for youth and adult hockey programs and school field trip opportunities; providing volunteers and qualified individuals to assist with rink operations; helping to organize special events at the rink; organizing and providing specialized fundraising events, and helping to promote the rink and its activities.
Today Siskiyou Ice Rink is thriving as a unique and vibrant outdoor facility, offering recreational fun for Siskiyou County and its surrounding upper California and southern Oregon communities, as well as farther-traveling guests.
Activities include:
Public Ice Skating
Youth and Adult Figure Skating and Hockey Lessons
Youth and Adult Hockey Programs
Annual Adult Hockey Tournament
Group Skate Times for School and Private Groups
Special Events & Holiday-Week Skate Sessions
Discounted Community Skate Nights
Private Rink Rentals
We hope you will join us at the rink this coming season. Please consider supporting healthy outdoor winter recreation activities at Siskiyou Ice Rink.
