On Sunday, Feb. 28 the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation and PPG officially announced they will be giving a large donation of $100,000 to the South Park skating rink.

The South Park rink plans on using this money to turn the facility into an all-year hockey rink.

A new sport court surface for ball hockey in the summer, new sets of ball hockey equipment, improved player benches, a new scoreboard, energy efficiency upgrades, landscaping enhancements and upgrading to an NHL regulation-sized hockey rink for winter programming are just some of the upgrades that are planned to happen at the local rink.

Dave Soltesz, president of the Penguins Foundation said: “The Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation is excited to partner with PPG and the NHL to provide this important funding for the South Park Ice Skating Rink, The development of a year-round hockey center at South Park will create many more opportunities for local youth and residents of Allegheny County to participate in our great sport at all levels. We appreciate the support and cooperation of County Executive Rich Fitzgerald on this initiative.”