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Causes: Sports, Winter Sports
Mission: To develop a culture of competitiveness and camaraderie for each player, each team, and the program as a whole by focusing on effort, attitude, discipline, skills, and application of skills to enhance the physical, mental, and character traits in players that lead to success in sports and in life.
Programs: Ridgefield amateur hockey association, inc. Only provides one service, running hockey teams for their players. During 2016, the program had 12 teams which served approximately 160 children. During the course of the season, the organization ran approximately 520 team practice sessions, teams participated in approximately 440 games, and each of the 12 teams attended either 2 or 3 hockey tournaments. In addition, the teams ran non team specific "skills sessions" focused on teaching individual skills to players. Each team has a third party non-parent paid contractor working as a coach as well as parent volunteer coaches, managers, and scoring officials. Each game is officiated by 2 independent paid referees who are provided by an independent referee organization.