Programs
The 213 Project
Donation Drives & Skate Gear Giveaway
Share Your Spare
The 213 Project is Havalina Skate Co.’s 2022 summer goal to raise $10,000 to bring skateboarding into elementary schools and community centers in East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights! Our missions is to provide at least 60 complete skateboards, sets of helmets/pads, and skate obstacles to get the schools started.
The fundraiser runs April 2
The 213 Project is Havalina Skate Co.’s 2022 summer goal to raise $10,000 to bring skateboarding into elementary schools and community centers in East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights! Our missions is to provide at least 60 complete skateboards, sets of helmets/pads, and skate obstacles to get the schools started.
The fundraiser runs April 2 to July 31, 2022.
Havalina Skate Co is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) run out of their home in East Los Angeles by husband and wife team, Alex & Kelly Hernandez. Their mission is to make skateboarding equitable for all regardless of peoples zip codes. They focus their efforts where their hearts live, in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles; the communities that loved and raised them. Alex and Kelly’s motto is to serve, celebrate, cheer, teach, strengthen, engage, build and love COMMUNITY THROUGH SKATEBOARDING.
Share Your Spare
Donation Drives & Skate Gear Giveaway
Share Your Spare
In kind donations needed:
- skateboard decks
- wheels
- trucks
- bearings
- helmets and pads
- grip tape
- hardware
Your gift will be donated to a person in need who makes a request to Havalina Skate or one of our partners.
Donation Drives & Skate Gear Giveaway
Donation Drives & Skate Gear Giveaway
Donation Drives & Skate Gear Giveaway
All of 2021 we hosted skate gear giveaways at various locations around Los Angeles county. Events were announced on our website, Instagram and Facebook.
In 2022 we will host donation drives in support of #The213Project.
Please check our calendar for locations, dates, and times.
1,000 Skateboards Project
1,000 Skateboards Project
Donation Drives & Skate Gear Giveaway
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
Our 2021 goal was to give 1,000 skateboards to the underserved communities of L.A. county.
We exceeded our goal by giving away 1,048 skateboards by 12/19/2021. Thank you LA for your support in making our goal a reality.
Please visit our Media page to see us in action.
Groups we have served:
1,000 Skateboards Project
Groups we have served:
- Boyle Heights Technological Youthsource Center
- Duarte Teen Center
- Boys and Girls Club Teen Center of Whittier and Pico Rivera
- Robert Irmas Youth Activity League
- LACOE: Head Start and Early Learning
- Hopeland Church, Los Angeles
- CASA of Los Angeles
- East LA Rising
- Concrete Queenz
Our outreach extends to youth centers, community centers, shelters, chu
- Boyle Heights Technological Youthsource Center
- Duarte Teen Center
- Boys and Girls Club Teen Center of Whittier and Pico Rivera
- Robert Irmas Youth Activity League
- LACOE: Head Start and Early Learning
- Hopeland Church, Los Angeles
- CASA of Los Angeles
- East LA Rising
- Concrete Queenz
Our outreach extends to youth centers, community centers, shelters, churches, and the general public.
If you would like us to serve the participants of your organization, please contact Kelly Hernandez, Managing Director for more information at k.hernandez@havalinaskate.org