Senators Foundation breaks ground on Overbrook rink
By Alex Robinson
Ottawa East News, Oct 21, 2015
Overbrook skaters will have a brand new outdoor rink to play hockey on this December.
The Ottawa Senators Foundation started work to build a new “Sens Rink” in Overbrook Park on Oct. 13. The foundation has already built five other such rinks for youth and children across the Ottawa region and hopes to build 20 in total.
“Sens Rinks provide a space close to home for kids and their families to get active and fosters skills such as leadership, teamwork and fair play,” Danielle Robinson, president of the foundation, said at a ground-breaking ceremony on Oct. 8.
The rinks, which include hockey dasher boards, fencing and nets, offer free recreational programs to young people year-round as they also have basketball nets in the summer. Community leaders hope the rink will help to push disadvantaged youth to become physically active and socially engaged.
“Social recreation for the youth of our city is a key aspect of the corporate and philanthropic giving of the company,” said John Ruddy, Trinity Development Group president and CEO, which served as the main sponsor of the rink.
“We are proud to support a Sens Rink initiative here in the Overbrook community knowing that the neighbourhood as a whole has committed to the successful operation of the rink and social recreation activities.”
Elected officials, as well as Cyril Leeder, Ottawa Senators president, attended the ground-breaking ceremony.
“The city of Ottawa is very proud of our partnership with the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club and the Ottawa Senators Foundation,” said Mayor Jim Watson.
“The new rink will be a great facility all year round, with skating and hockey clinics, as well as many summer sporting programs. It will benefit hundreds of children and families in this community and beyond.”
Work on the rink is expected to be finished by December 2015.
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