The Good Life – November-December 2020
On the cover – Hurricanes Sled Hockey. Local Hero – Fargo Memorial Honor Guard. Dad Life – A Dad’s Guide to Surviving the Holidays. 8 Tips to Fight Holiday Stress and more in Fargo-Moorhead’s only men’s magazine.
On the cover – Hurricanes Sled Hockey. Local Hero – Fargo Memorial Honor Guard. Dad Life – A Dad’s Guide to Surviving the Holidays. 8 Tips to Fight Holiday Stress and more in Fargo-Moorhead’s only men’s magazine.
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ON THE COVER | SLED HOCKEY
WRITTEN BY: ALEXIS SWENSON • PHOTOS BY: URBAN TOAD MEDIA
Bill and Adair Grommesh founded Hope, Inc. in 2006 to
offer their child, who was born with a disability, access
to adaptive sports. They quickly fell into sled hockey
with Bill serving as the coach and have been watching
the Hurricanes gain traction in the Fargo-Moorhead
community since. As one of the most competitive sled
hockey programs in the country, Bill and Adair Grommesh
cannot stress enough how incredibly valuable each athlete
on the team is.
up and didn’t have many victories. Then, we started to win
a few games and then win a few tournaments. In 2018 we
had the best Junior Sled Hockey team in the country. It
was a long journey that we never would have imagined in
a million years. The best part is that it’s more than hockey.
The belonging piece is the number one part of why we do
this,” said Bill Grommesh.
“When you start a competitive program, you’re going to
have bruises and bumps. At the beginning, we just got beat
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