Children of the Night is a non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing and empowering children who have been forced into prostitution. This is the second year that they have worked with L.A. Derby Dolls on Big Sunday.

After skating, community service is the most important thing that the L.A. Derby Dolls do. The Dolls have worked with the Human Rights Campaign, St. Vincent Medical Center (for a women’s health and wellness clinic), After School All Stars, and M.E.N.D, among many other projects, and were honored in 2009 as a Treasure of Los Angeles by the Central City Association (an honor that puts the Dolls in the company of the L.A. Dodgers and Magic Johnson).

Big Sunday is an annual weekend that takes place in the spring when thousands of people from Southern California, of all ages and all backgrounds, work together at hundreds of nonprofits, schools and other agencies that need their help. Big Sunday Weekend is one of the largest regional community service events in America.

Kelly ka-BOOM skates for the L.A. Derby Dolls' Tough Cookies

Celebrate the anticipation of New Year’s Eve with three members of the Derby Dolls. Kelly ka-BOOM, Pushy Whipped and Asa Hearts will be guests on The Sheri and Erin Show December 31, 2009.

Kelly ka-BOOM licks the 2009 Derby Dolls Championship Trophy

Kelly ka-BOOM is a member of the Tough Cookies, the team that won the Championships in 2008 and 2009. She played her last bout on December 5. ka-BOOM will talk to us about what she describes as the best 6 years of her life. Ka-BOOM is a model and actor in Los Angeles. We will also interview L.A. Derby Dolls Pushy Whipped and Asa Hearts to find out more about behind the scenes roller derby.

Listen live on December 31, 2009 from 11-12 PST/2-3 EST. You can call in and ask the Derby Dolls questions or you can join them in the live chat area. Go to Blog Talk Radio now and sign up for a show reminder.

If you think roller derby is cool but you aren’t quite ready to be a Derby Doll, take one of the classes in the LA Derby Dolls Roller Derby Fitness program, ‘Derby Por Vida’.

Classes include: Plyo-endurance, Skills for Thrills on the Banked Track and Punk Rope (off-skates). All classes are instructed by LA Derby Dolls. Cost for the program is $10/hr class and a $40 Derby Por Vida membership fee.

Classes are located at the L.A. Derby Dolls’ Doll Factory 1910 W. Temple Street, Los Angeles. Parking is available in the lot with an entrance off Westlake Avenue.

Visit Derby Dolls.com for details

The Tough Cookies became two-time champions on Saturday night when they challenged The Swarm at the Doll Factory in Los Angeles. Final score: 107-91.

See Michael Zampelli’s photo gallery on Flickr.

L.A. Derby Dolls trainer Alex Cohen (AKA Axels of Evil) trained the women in basic derby skills. Then, they experienced the thrill of assuming roller derby alter egos and going up against L.A. Derby Doll veterans such as P.I.T.A., Gori Spelling, Judy Gloom and Razor Slut.

The women left the experience with an “I can do anything” attitude. See video at Oprah.com
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It’s that Time…The LA Derby Dolls are having another ALL AGES Bout!!

The anticipation explodes Saturday, June 27th at 3 p.m. with an exciting exhibition of LADDs newest skaters, known as the Baby Doll Brawl. Featuring the latest, greatest rookie skaters, Baby Doll Brawls are known for two things: Being an all-ages bout (so you can bring the whole family including the kids), and featuring some of the most spectacular, cringe-inducing hits and spills. The rookies are hungry to prove themselves as future Derby Doll stars and they play it like they mean it.

Expect this patriotic crop of baby dolls to bleed red, white and blue when the Scars and Stripes faces off against the Meteorfights. Derby fans ages one to 99 cant wait to check out this rare ALL AGES bout!

At halftime, the L.A. Junior Derby Dolls, the first and only banked track junior derby league for girls ages 8-17 in Southern California, will scrimmage and show you how cool you could have been when you were a kid.

This is the only opportunity to attend an ALL AGES bout.

General Admission Children under 10yrs Free!!! (VIP under 10yrs $5)
Online General Admission $10, $15 at the Door.
Online VIP $20, $25 at the Door.

Get tickets at www.derbydolls.com

After the anthem is sung, the mayhem begins when Derby Doll all-stars, the LA Ri-ettes compete against a group of national all-stars, Santa’s Little Helpers.

Watch as some of the best jammers and blockers in the nation compete against each other at the Doll Factory in Los Angeles. CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS NOW!

If you’re ready to experience a night of all-girl, quad skating, unscripted and banked-track roller derby, come check it out on Saturday, December 13th, 2008. The Doll Factory is located at 1910 Temple St., Los Angeles, 90026. Doors open at 6:00 pm. This is a 21 and over event, beer and wine. Tickets generally sell out before the event but if you’re lucky enough to get in the night of the bout, bring your cash because it’s a cash only event.

In addition to being a roller derby fan, I also love ice hockey. Especially the Stanley Cup Finals. The entire career of some of the players is on the line. Every single move matters. The excitement in the crowd is unstoppable. (As a side note, Every single Derby Doll bout is as exciting as just about any playoff game. As of now, you can still get tickets for the bout on May 31 between the Tough Cookies and the Sirens).

Any Roller Derby lover, hockey player or hockey fan has to admit that some of the falls are fascinating. But this is the fall that takes them all. Check it out as Marc-André Fleury runs full speed toward the ice in his skates just before he falls face first in Pittsburgh. Remember, its the first day of the Stanley Cup Finals. Of course, someone got it on film and televised it. (Funny Video!)

L to R: Buttersnatch Sundae, Gritty in Pink, STEPHCON1, me (Gal VanIZed), Jess (still waiting on a skate name, would love one that is somehow related to a douche bag), Lusty Loveless (I probably totally got that wrong, school me fellow freshies). Also, if you want me to add your myspace links, make sure I’m your friend and/or send me your link.

Now here’s something pretty cool. I was rolling around, sorta in my own world when I hear someone calling my name. First I hear “Sheri” then I hear “Gal VanIZed.” I know for sure, this is a person who knows me. I spin around, fall to my knees and there stands Wendi Friesen. She was spending time with her son on a beautiful Southern California Mother’s Day.

What you have to know is, Wendi and I have been Twittering and G-mailing about a creative marketing idea. It’ll have to do with food, with hunger, and with hypnosis. You will actually come eat with us! You’ll love Wendi, she is great.

Anyway, what I’m trying to say is that here we’ve been brainstorming this idea pretty consistently for like 2 days and then boom, there we are. Me, her, Venice Beach, 2:36 p.m., in a precise area of a sprawling landscape of choices. Add to that, it was really her son that spotted us. If it wasn’t for him, well, who knows. He told his mom “look at those roller girls” and Wendi thought, “I wonder if one of them is Sheri.” There I was, a glowing beacon of pinkness standing before her.

Thousands of people are milling the aisles of the boardwalk, catching the mime show, chillin’ with the guitar guy on roller blades. You know the scene. You’ve been there or you’ve seen it in a movie. So how did it happen and why? Is it just “coincidence?” I think you’re gonna have to wait and find out.

P.S. Can I just say, I am getting a distinct vibe of L.A. Story happenin’ here.