Kraken and ReWA bring ice skating to refugee and immigrant children [Video]

SEATTLE — It’s always the advice you hear when coaches suggest how to craft the top-tier athletes: “Start ’em young!” 

But not every family has that privilege.

“No way, there’s no way I could teach them how to skate if it weren’t for a program like this,” said Tiffany Keene, who is just one of roughly 80 families with that same sentiment. 

The Refugee Women’s Alliance, or ReWA, provides educational and social services to refugee and immigrant families. ReWA teamed up with One Roof Foundation and the Seattle Kraken to provide free skating lessons for two nearby preschools.

“We get them through the whole school year. We start in October and we’ll end in June with a full graduation ceremony that they do,” Kraken Iceplex skating director Chad Goodwin said. “So we …