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Year-round fundraising
Two rinks, roughly 28,800 tiles, and every one of them takes a beating. The city owns the rinks, but keeping them skateable is on us. Gifts to HIHA keep the floor fast, the goals square and the lights on all year, not just at registration time.
Tile by tile
Every gift lights up more of the floor below. Rink 1 lights first, then Rink 2. When both are glowing, this year's goal is met. It resets each year: the tiles get replaced a section at a time, where the wear is worst. The board is drawn to scale: every square is one real tile, about 13 inches across.
Both rinks are lit. Goal met, thank you, Hendersonville! Every gift from here goes straight into the rinks.
Skip one coffee run or that lunch burger and buy HIHA a few tiles. About $4 replaces one 13-inch tile. The city owns the rinks, but keeping them skateable is on us.
Buy a few tilesOnline giving is being set up. Until it's live, the treasurer will point you to the easiest way to give.
Totals are kept by the HIHA treasurer and update within about a week of a gift.
Lunch-money math
Based on the November 2024 order: 11,430 square feet of tiles for about $38,000 with customs, or about $4 per 13-inch tile.
Where it goes
Registration fees cover a season. This fund covers the rinks themselves, whatever they need most, whenever they need it.
Stilmat sport tiles, about 13 inches square and roughly 14,400 to a rink. Pucks, wheels, sun and rain wear them down, and cracked or lifted tiles get replaced before a skater catches an edge. For perspective: the November 2024 order was 11,430 square feet of tiles, about a third of each rink on the side where the sun hits hardest. The tiles came to $33,064, plus $4,980 to clear customs: about $38,000.
Nets tear, goal frames bend, dasherboard panels and caps crack. Keeping two rinks square and safe is a year-round job.
Night games need lights, summer games need the fans, and Zammy, our ride-on floor scrubber, needs pads and parts to keep the tiles clean and fast.
Who decides: the board directs the fund to whatever the rinks need most. Ask the treasurer for the current list, or tell us if there's something specific you'd like your gift to cover.
Ways to give
One-time or monthly, any amount. A small monthly gift lights a few tiles every month of the year.
Light up the rinksBusinesses can take a dasherboard on both rinks, a jersey spot or a place on the website. Two-year terms with a credit for paying up front.
Sponsorship optionsOutgrown skates, pads and sticks get a second season through the used gear trade-in program with Play It Again Sports.
Trade-in programA shift in the score booth, a whistle, a bench. The league runs on volunteers, and every shift is worth more than it looks.
Take a shiftTax time: HIHA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so your gift may be tax-deductible. Ask your tax advisor and keep your receipt. Matching gifts and checks: many employers match donations; the treasurer can supply whatever paperwork they need. Who to talk to: Landon Maxwell, HIHA Treasurer, through the contact form.
Whether it's one tile or a whole rink, it all ends up under somebody's skates.
