2025
Sonnhalter Award
In 2001, the Southern California Interclub Association of Figure Skating Clubs initiated a Memorial Grant Program in memory of Betty Sonnhalter, an official and member of the local skating community for many years. This grant was created to honor her many years of dedication to young ice skaters.
Deadline: August 30, 2025
Requirements for Application
1. Applicants must be home club members of a Southern California Interclub Association member club.
This year four skaters will be selected by an Interclub committee from applications submitted by Interclub Member Club home club skaters.
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2025 grant recipients will receive the $500 grant later in the year.
2. Applicants will be evaluated in only one category identified by the applicant.
3. Applicants must have competed in the selected category in the 2024/25 season (since 1 July 2024) at the required level.
4. Previous recipients in each category group are not eligible to reapply in the same group.
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5. Applications for 2025 must be received or postmarked by August 30, 2025.​​
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Spirit of Community
Skating is many things to many people: a challenge, a passion, a competition, a creative outlet.
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But what is common to all of us involved in the skating universe is the community that we have found from our love of this sport. Even though the sport of figure skating spans the globe, the community is familiar and close-knit. When one of our community is hurt, we all feel the pain.
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Part of SCIA's mission is to promote and strengthen our community in Southern California in our own, small way. We are here to cheer each other on and to lift each other up. As such, from our general fund, SCIA has donated to two causes to assist those in our immediate and broader skating communities:
Los Angeles County Relief Fund to assist those affected by the wildfires this winter.
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US Figure Skating Family Support Fund to assist the families directly impacted by the tragic loss of AA flight #5342.
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Ushering in a new beginning for our sport, the SoCal Interclub DEI Committee has been created to support programs designed to benefit members of the Interclub Association.
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