MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — In Moorhead, Hope Inc. held a wheelchair basketball clinic for kids and adults with mobility challenges. The event took place at Backyard Basketball Academy. Each spring, Hope Inc. puts on a couple sessions of wheelchair basketball to keep kids active and having fun. And for Ava Lematta, she gets to learn a new sport. Stephanie Lematta,…
FARGO (KVRR) – Hope Inc. hosted their annual Sled Hockey for Hope. It started today and goes through the weekend. The community was encouraged to form a team and participate. KVRR put together a team and were right in the action this morning. This event puts the fun in fundraising. It’s a great way to have a blast, build teamwork…
MOORHEAD, MINN. (KVRR) – Therapists and a patient’s family battle it out on the ice at the Cullen Hockey Center in Moorhead. Hope Inc. regularly hosts fundraisers for people with disabilities so they can be involved in adaptive sports. “It’s a program my therapist encouraged me to get into. They play all sorts of things, hockey, softball, basketball, so…
MOORHEAD, M.N. (KVRR) — HOPE Inc. hosts there eight annual sled hockey jamboree this weekend and hockey fans came out to see these athletes leave it all on the ice. “The Jamboree is a special event again it gives Hope INC the opportunity to pull in these other organizations, give them a chance, folks with mobility challenges a chance to…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Cullen Children’s Foundation and HOPE, Inc. join forces for sled hockey for Giving Hearts Day. The game is for a good cause to raise awareness for charity and give kids a chance to play a game they love. People were treated to an extremely competitive contest. The players left it all on the ice and put…
HAWLEY, Minn. (KVRR) – Hope Inc. brings adaptive sports to Hawley Elementary School to show children the challenges of those who are differently abled. Six-year-old Kyler Kolbinger has Spina Bifida and is part of the organization’s sled hockey and wheelchair basketball and soccer teams. It’s his first year in school, so his parents and Hope Inc. decided playing adaptive soccer…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Hope Inc.’s 10th Annual Fashion Show runway was filled with models of all ages, dressed to impress. Models ranging in ages 3 to 65 years old showcased the latest fashion, center stage at the Hope Inc. Fashion Show in Moorhead. “We had over 60 kids and adults come and strut their stuff on stage and have…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Moorhead City Council members are taking a break from City Hall to spend some time on the softball field instead. They joined Hope, Inc. athletes for a game of adaptive softball at Miracle Field Wednesday evening. Hope, Inc. is a local nonprofit that gives athletes with mobility challenges a chance to participate in sports and other…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A local nonprofit is hoping to open a whole new world for people with mobility challenges in Grand Forks. For the first time ever, HOPE Inc. is hosting a sled hockey fundraiser at the ICON Sports Center on Saturday, May 1st. The “Hockey for Hope” event is from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eighteen teams…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – It’s basketball on wheels. “They deserve the same opportunity any other child does,” said Hope, Inc. Recreation Director Bill Grommseth. “It’s just great to see the kids together forming friendship”. Basketball is a universal sport that everyone can participate in. Hope, Inc. is making sure that every child has that chance to be a part of…
