Scotty Gomez Foundation helps kids through hockey.

The Scotty Gomez Foundation is committed to creating and enhancing hockey opportunities for Alaska's youth.

The Foundation's Board of Directors have agreed that a portion of the money raised for the first few years will be saved for the purpose of developing a fund that will grow and generate a sizeable sum of money from its investments in perpetuity so that funding will exist to invest annually in Alaska's hockey community regardless of fundraising efforts.

However, the Foundation's Board of Directors has decided that in 2007-08 funding may be made available for capital investment projects with a focus on identifying and working with other foundations to leverage our monies for the good of the community to the maximum extent possible. Additionally, the Foundation plans on providing some "seed" money to bring a few new hockey opportunities available to our community's youth. More on these exciting programs will be announced soon.

Regrettably, the Foundation will not be soliciting applications for individual hockey scholarship grants at this time. As the Foundation's net worth grows; individual scholarship opportunities will become available.

Yours in sport,

The Scotty Gomez Board of Directors

NHL star gives back to hometown rink.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Hockey star Scotty Gomez hasn't forgotten his beginnings here in Alaska and his foundation is helping to rebuild his neighborhood ice rink.

The Scotty Gomez Foundation will donate up to $50,000 to rebuild the Tikishla Park rink in Airport Heights.

The Anchorage Park Foundation and the Rasmusson Foundation each pitched in $40,000 for the extensive work that needs to be done to the 25-year-old rink.

"We are excited. This is where Scott literally learned how to skate, and believe it or not, he's excited," foundation board member Carlos Gomez said. "He's 150 percent behind this project."

"This is a place they can walk to," Airport Heights Community Council President Jon Spring said. "We talk about giving kids an opportunity to keep out trouble -- well this is a really good opportunity, a good example of that." More donations along

with volunteers are needed to complete the $200,000 project.

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