Gifts That Give Back

There will be plenty of firsts for the Seattle Kraken. This December, fans can seize a first opportunity to give a Kraken collectible item to family and friends as a holiday gift the recipients won't forget.
Fans can head over to the Kraken retail stores to make those hockey memories come to life-and adorn holiday trees and other décor--with the team's first-ever and first annual collectible line of hand-blown glass ornaments. The famed local Glass Eye Studio has created individually crafted, hand-blown ornaments in either Kraken deep sea blue or the team color ice blue.

These collectible works of art, priced at $34.99 each, are on sale now at the Kraken team stores at the Chandler's Cove/South Lake Union and Bellevue locations.
Joining the hand-blown collectible ornaments in the holiday gift lineup are a pair of hockey-centric ornaments created for this opening Kraken holiday line, one puck-themed and the other a pair of skates. Both ornaments are double-blown, silvered glass with a $24.99 price each. There is something for everyone's gift list.
Even better, net proceeds of sales from these four ornaments will go to support the Kraken's charitable foundation as its first donations. The newly formed foundation will support the team's "work to end youth homelessness, bring the game of hockey to under-sourced communities and create learning and life opportunities for marginalized youth" as described in a styled "thank you for helping up make a difference" message inside the commemorative gift boxes for the ornaments.
Glass Eye Studio, founded in 1978 in Pike Place Market, now works its artistic treasures in the Ballard industrial maritime district-ideal for Kraken ornaments. The studio is an epicenter for local and visiting master glass artists.
For an even special holiday gift, the Kraken team stores are offering a Christmas "cinch bag" with a Santa hat, Santa stocking, Christmas card and collectible ornament of your choice (or you either the puck or skates if you prefer)-all at the discount price of $59.95 or $24 less than buying the items separately. At the time of this post, there were plenty of cinch bags and ornaments-for-charitable-cause in stock. Be sure to collect those collectibles while supplies last.