Entries by Heather Logan

Skate Helper Partners with Desjardins Financial Group for Toronto’s Skate Lending Library Initiative

Skate Helper is thrilled to be part of the City of Toronto’s Skate Lending Library in partnership with Desjardins Financial Group. The City of Toronto’s Skate Lending Library, in partnership with Desjardins Financial Group, brings free ice skates and helmet rentals to outdoor rinks in Toronto. Whether you’re taking your first glide on the ice […]

Black Bear Sports Group

Black Bear Sports Group owns, manages and operates twenty-five ice rinks and, where applicable, their affiliated teams, in Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Connecticut and Delaware. Many of these ice arenas offer the Skate Helper to their customers.  The Printscape Ice Arena in Canonsburg, PA offers many programs including public skates, summer camps, birthday parties, […]

The Power Of Digital Media And Your Business

Hi, it’s Heather from Skate Helper. It’s April 2021 and I really hope ice arenas all over the world can start planning for a full reopening in the 2021/2022 winter skating season. It’s been a long road for sure and here at Skate Helper we have been hit hard but are continuing to plan for […]

Trip to Chicago and Visit to the Fifth Third Arena

  Hi, it’s Heather from Skate Helper. In January 2020, I had the pleasure of visiting the Fifth Third Arena in Chicago to see the First Stride program in action. We shot a video testimonial at the rink on January 9th.  After the shoot, Annie and Andrea who work for the Blackhawks gave us a […]

Women Leaders in the NHL

Hi, it’s Heather from Skate Helper. With the NHL starting back up I would like to acknowledge all the women working in leadership roles within the NHL.  We are in a new era with Covid-19 and change is happening everywhere. It is time to see more women take on leadership roles in all sports organizations. […]

Skate Helper Video Premiere with The Blackhawks

We invite you to watch and see The Skate Helper in action with the Chicago Blackhawks First Stride program! Today we are extremely excited to share with you a video that was shot at the Fifth Third Arena in Chicago this past January. You can learn more about my visit to Chicago and filming at […]

My visit to Fifth Third Arena in Chicago

Hi, it’s Heather from Skate Helper. I am so excited to be able to finally share a video on Monday August 3, 2020, that we shot at the Fifth Third Arena in Chicago this past January. How this project came together Last year, I reached out to Annie Camins the Senior Executive Director, Fan Development […]

Let’s Celebrate Canada Day and 4th of July

Hi, it’s Heather from Skate Helper.  I hope you and your families are safe and well. To my Canadian and American customers I am looking forward to the reopening of your ice arenas and getting kids and families back on the ice. If there has ever been a Canada Day and Independence Day to celebrate […]

Emergency Preparedness

Hi, it’s Heather from Skate Helper.  I hope you and your families are safe and well.  This week’s blog is about emergency preparedness. Every year people go through some kind of natural disaster and are forever changed. This pandemic has made me realize that I will never take my freedom for granted again. After weeks […]