National Programs
Youth Grant Program
Following the
successful 1998 International Lacrosse Federation World
Championships hosted and coordinated by US Lacrosse, an
endowment was established to support an ongoing US Lacrosse
Youth Grant Program. The purpose of the fund is to award annual
grants of equipment to first-year girls and boys youth (ages 15
and under) lacrosse programs with demonstrated financial need in
developing lacrosse areas throughout the country. A team with
financial need is defined as a program for which participant
financial contribution cannot fully cover associated start-up
costs. A developing lacrosse area is defined as a state or
region where lacrosse teams, leagues, camps, etc. are currently
limited or absent.
Although the fund’s size currently limits the number and amount
of grants awarded each year, US Lacrosse and the US Lacrosse
Foundation seek to build the size of the fund in an effort to
increase its ability to support youth lacrosse development
nationwide. If this is a program you’d like to support, please
contact Sally Ratcliffe, Director of Development, at
sratcliffe@lacrosse.org. The equipment grants are
made possible in part by the generosity of the lacrosse
equipment industry. Our appreciation is extended to Bacharach,
Brine, deBeer, Lax World, Shamrock Lacrosse, STX and Warrior
Lacrosse for their continued participation, and we thank new
contributors Sports Her Way and Tuskewe Krafts/Patterson for
their generosity.
For the 2003 grant cycle, fourteen (14) US Lacrosse Youth Grants
will be offered, up from six last year, including four girls’
equipment packages (for 25 players), four boys’ equipment
packages (for 25 players) and six girls’/boys’ combination
equipment packages (for 20 girls and 20 boys). Sticks, balls,
all protective gear and a set of goalie equipment are offered as
part of each package. Groups representing 22 states applied for
last year’s US Lacrosse grants.
Click here to download an
application in PDF format or e-mail the
Director of Programs and Services for a Microsoft
Word file.
2002 Youth Grant
Recipients: Palega Youth Lacrosse of San Francisco (CA) and the
City of Largo (FL) were this year’s recipients of the
combination grants. The girls’ grant recipients were the Seattle
Girls’ School (WA) and Sacred Heart School (Washington, D.C.),
both servicing girls of diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. YMCA
Cookeville (TN) will also move forward on a boys’ program with
the help of a US Lacrosse grant. The second boys’ grant was
awarded through the Lance Holden Memorial Fund, established by
Lance’s business partner, Jim Darcangelo of Lax World, to
perpetuate Lance’s lifelong contribution to lacrosse. The City
of Decatur Department of Recreation and Community Services (GA)
received this year’s Lance Holden Grant.
Congratulations to all grant recipients! US Lacrosse looks
forward to working with these and many other programs to make
their first year a success.
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