All Saints' Anglican Church

All Saints’ Church skate lending program.

Updated November 18, 2024

The All Saints’ church skate program  2024/25

We welcome the public to the church’s skate room on Saturday mornings from 10am to noon from the first Saturday in December to the end of February.
Come to the doors on the south side of the complex, the doors facing city hall.
Borrowers will receive individual attention to ensure a good fit of a sharp pair of skates in a welcoming, inclusive environment thanks to our volunteers.

Due to a shrinking inventory and increased demand, large size skates sizes 7 and up will be restricted to shortened borrowing period. Children’s sizes (6 and under) may still be borrowed for longer periods but must be returned by the end of February.

Groups may arrange to borrow skates by calling the church office at 519 253 8001 Mon to Thurs, mornings

As a gift to the Windsor and area community ice skates are available to borrow by individuals and groups. From six pairs of children’s skates in 2002 the collection now numbers in the hundreds in all sizes both in hockey and figure skate styles. In the 2023/24 season we loaned skates 1100 times! The skates are kept sharp with our new in-house sharpener. We constantly replenish the inventory with donations of skates from individuals and through purchases at thrift stores.

We need more large skates, mostly hockey skates.

Free small size skates:
We have a surplus of the small sizes which are available to the public free of charge during our normal lending times 10 am to noon in December, January and February.

We welcome borrowers to skate anywhere they can find ice. The city of Windsor Parks and Recreation department provides information on-line activewindsor.ca about where the rinks are located with times of use, costs and ice rink programming. The Charles Clark Square ice rink is no longer in use, but a new ice rink is being constructed in front of city hall.

We welcome new volunteers to join our team on Saturday mornings. If interested, please stop by and introduce yourself on a Saturday morning during the skate lending period.

The leaders of groups are welcome to borrow a quantity of skates for their special event. Groups in the past have included those from elementary and high schools, college and university groups, scouts,guides, birthday, family and corporate groups, and groups from faith,ethnic and indigenous communities. Arrangements are made over the telephone starting with the church office at 519 253 8001 Monday to Thursday mornings. The program coordinator will discuss your needs and arrange a date with you to come to the skate room to pick up skates and arrange a date for returning them.

To borrow our skates is free and we love to see you doing this for yourself and those in your care. But we do have some expenses. If you can leave us a donation that will help us keep up the work.

Learn about “free hockey for kids” at [email protected]

The church skate room also has printed information about free skating times and places.