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Causes: Philanthropy, Public Foundations
Mission: Sel8nne foundation was formed in 2010 with the specific organizational mission of providing funding and financial support to underpriviliged youth by introducing them to formal and informal sports organziations (primarily hockey). Sel8nne foundation was co-founded by teemu selanne, an internationally famous professional hockey player widely known as one of the greatest offensive players in the history of the game, and as a well known world and local ambassador to the game of hockey. Teemu's dedication to his fans and various local communities throughout the years has lead to the establishment of the sel8nne foundation, in hopes of spreading the game of organized hockey to children that may not otherwise have the means to participate. Hockey is a very expensive sport involving significant costs with respect to equipment, travel, ice time, and instruction. Sel8nne foundation has established various means to raise funds to benefit the mission of the organzation. All fund raising activitie
Programs: Sel8nne foundation continues its mission of fostering sports activities amongst underprivileged youth. The organization is proud to partner with the anaheim amateur hockey association (aaha) and the orange county hockey club (ochc) in pursuit of this goal. Both the aaha and the ochc are organizations deeply engrained with a broad reach grounded in southern california hockey. The aaha and ochc both receive numerous requests from would be players and those kids looking to build a foundation in hockey. Sel8nne foundation has provided and will continue to provide grants and funding to the aaha and ochc to support new youth members, who would not otherwise be afforded such opportunities without assistance from sel8nne foundation.
This organization's nonprofit status may have been revoked or it may have merged with another organization or ceased operations.