Skate4Grant

Skate4Grant In memory of Grant Finkelson, we're showing up to build a skatepark in rural MN. Help us build Grant's skatepark.

Bringing community together in a safe space, motivating self discovery, artistry, & athleticism through fun, self expression, & challenges for all genders, ages, & races. Skateboarding is a catalyst for anyone looking to find their footing, literally. It teaches kids how to keep a balance and pick themselves up when they've fallen, it shows teenagers how to carve their path while applauding the we

irdos alongside them, and it helps adults find themselves when they've gotten tangled in life's messes. In memory of our favorite local weirdo and skater-kid, Grant Finkelson, we're showing up to build a skatepark in rural Minnesota. Please help us bring the world's greatest sport, art, lifestyle, and complete utter freedom ever known to mankind to the country. Many factors are involved in determining how much money is needed to build and maintain a skatepark, but we're eager to get started. All proceeds donated here will be used to build Grant's skatepark and distributed to the Skate4Grant nonprofit, a certified 501(c)(3).

🚨 BIG NEWS! 🚨We’re rolling forward with some exciting news… Skate4Grant has been awarded a grant from Grant County! 🛹💙(L...
09/02/2026

🚨 BIG NEWS! 🚨
We’re rolling forward with some exciting news… Skate4Grant has been awarded a grant from Grant County! 🛹💙
(Lots of grants in that sentence 😂)

This grant fuels the launch of Grant’s Skatepark Prevention & Recovery Hub, giving our community a place where skateboarding, connection, and recovery support come together.

A huge THANK YOU to Grant County for supporting our mission and helping us push this vision forward. Every bit of support gets us one step closer! 🙌
Keep pushing forward. 💙🛹

08/31/2026

Thank you, LifeSmiles Dental - Fergus Falls MN, for helping us make the 2026 Grief Challenge Run possible! 🧡🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

08/27/2026

THANK YOU to our amazing sponsor, Otter Tail Power Company! 💙 Your support helped make the 2026 Grief Challenge Run possible and means so much to everyone involved. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

We're so thankful for our sponsors this year! Can't wait for the 2027 Grief Challenge Run!
08/21/2026

We're so thankful for our sponsors this year! Can't wait for the 2027 Grief Challenge Run!

A huge THANK YOU to all of our incredible race sponsors! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️❤️ Your generosity and support help make this event possible and allow us to bring our community together for such a meaningful day. We are so grateful for each and every one of you! 🙌
We can't wait for 2027!

Remember Aiden and Levi that won the skate lessons with coach Shaun for the ALF auction? They are still at it! They have...
08/13/2026

Remember Aiden and Levi that won the skate lessons with coach Shaun for the ALF auction? They are still at it! They have been going to the Alex skatepark Wednesday evenings this summer for Sessions 220 with Shaun and Ride Inspired .
They recently learned how to "drop in"! Keep it up boys! 👏🏼

We can't wait to have a closer skatepark for us to enjoy someday! 🛹

08/13/2026
Photos from Saturday! 🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏽‍♂️
08/11/2026

Photos from Saturday! 🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏽‍♂️

08/08/2026

Today, we ran for our loved ones 💛

Thank you to every single person who showed up this morning, whether you ran, walked, volunteered, ran in-spirit, or just stood on the sidelines cheering. You turned grief into something we could hold together, and that’s no small thing.

This run has always been about more than the miles. It’s about community showing up for each other, remembering who we’ve lost, and building something good out of it. Today you did that, and we felt it.

Full results are up if you want to see how the morning went: https://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=442859

Thank you for making today so meaningful. We can’t wait to do it again next year, follow along here for the date and everything else Skate4Grant has coming up. 🛹

08/07/2026

🌾 1 day away! We'll see you tomorrow, Saturday, August 8th, at Seven Sisters Prairie for the Grief Challenge Run. Registration for photo tributes has closed, but there's still time to register and join us in-person or in-spirit and have a name of a loved one included on your bib number.
Register: https://runsignup.com/Race/MN/Ashby/SkateGrantSGriefChallengeRun

Our story made the Fergus Falls Daily Journal. 🖤Skate4Grant and the Grief Challenge Run were born out of losing Grant, a...
08/07/2026

Our story made the Fergus Falls Daily Journal. 🖤

Skate4Grant and the Grief Challenge Run were born out of losing Grant, and it means everything to have his story, and this community’s effort to build something lasting in his memory, told with such care.

https://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/lifestyle/skating-through-grief

There’s still time to join the Grief Challenge Run on August 8 at Seven Sisters Prairie. Run it, walk it, or donate at https://runsignup.com/Race/MN/Ashby/SkateGrantSGriefChallengeRun

Ashby family honors son by building a skatepark in his memory through Grief Challenge Run fundraiser.

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