US Lacrosse Names Youth Equipment Grant Recipients

BALTIMORE — A record 34 lacrosse organizations will receive US Lacrosse Youth Equipment Grants this fall. The equipment grants include sticks and all required protective equipment for these start-up programs.

The Youth Equipment Grant Program, in its sixth year, is an annual offering of US Lacrosse. Lacrosse programs applying for the grant must be located in developing lacrosse areas throughout the country and have demonstrated financial need.

Lacrosse equipment manufacturers Brine, Cascade, deBeer, STX and Warrior donated equipment to US Lacrosse to make the program possible.

The retail value of the grants totals nearly $300,000.

"We are truly thankful to those companies for supporting these developing programs," said Jennifer Allen, director of programs for US Lacrosse. "Their generosity is helping to spread lacrosse around the country."

The Kamiakin Braves Lacrosse Club was this year's recipient of the Lance Holden Memorial Grant. The grant is named in honor of Lance Holden, a former partner with Lax World, a leading lacrosse retailer, who passed away in 1998. One new youth lacrosse program outside of the Mid-Atlantic area annually receives the grant.

The following programs have been awarded grants for the 2004 cycle:

Boys' Grants Atlas Boys Academy • Moscow, Idaho Blessed Theodore Guerin High School • Carmel, Ind. Carlisle Lacrosse Inc. • Carlisle, Pa. Hickory Youth Lacrosse • Hickory, N.C. Jesuit High School Lacrosse • New Orleans, La. Kamiakin Braves Lacrosse Club • Kennewick, Wash. Meridian High School Warrior Boys Lacrosse • Meridian, Idaho Orange-Windsor Lacrosse Club • Williamstown, Vt. Ridgeway Middle School • Memphis, Tenn. Springfield Lacrosse • Springfield, Ohio Suncoast Community High School Lacrosse • Jupiter, Fla. University City High School Lacrosse • San Diego, Calif. YMCA of Monterey Peninsula • Monterey, Calif. Ypsilanti High School • Ypsilanti, Mich. Girls' Grants Arizona Girls Youth Program • Phoenix, Ariz. Downtown College Preparatory • San Jose, Calif. Hood River Lacrosse • Parkdale, Ore. Middletown High School • Middletown, Del. Middletown Mohawks Youth Lacrosse Club • Middletown, Del. The Preuss School UCSD • La Jolla, Calif. Western North Carolina Youth Lacrosse • Asheville, N.C. Westfield Girls Youth Lacrosse Association • Westfield, Mass. Combination Grants (Includes Boys' and Girls' Equipment) Bartlett Recreation Department • Bartlett, N.H. Boca Jets Lacrosse • Boca Raton, Fla. Decatur High School • Decatur, Ga. Delmarva Christian High School • Georgetown, Del. City of Evans Parks and Recreation Department • Evans, Colo. Greenwave Boosters • Abington, Mass. Kaua'l Youth Lacrosse Association • Kalaheo, Hawaii Oak Island Parks and Recreation Department • Oak Island, N.C. Pemberton Township High School • Pemberton, N.J. St. Phillip's School and Community Center • Dallas, Texas Wildcat LAX Club • Gilbert, Ariz. York Jewish Community Center • York, Pa.

US Lacrosse, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is the national governing body for men's and women's lacrosse.

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