BALTIMORE — A record 55 lacrosse organizations will receive US Lacrosse Equipment Grants this year. US Lacrosse awarded 19 boys' packages, nine girls' packages, six stick packages, six goal packages, two Physical Education Curriculum packages, and 14 programs packages with both boys' and girls' lacrosse. The grants were awarded to programs in 22 states.

The Equipment Grant Program, in its eighth year, is an annual offering of US Lacrosse. Lacrosse programs applying for the grant must show a demonstrated financial need.

US Lacrosse worked with equipment manufacturers Brine, Warrior, STX, Harrow, Maverik, Rage Cage, Shamrock and Riddell to make the program possible. The equipment included in this year's grant packages has a retail value of more than $425,000.

"Without the generous support of the lacrosse industry we wouldn't be able to reach so many children and help put sticks in their hands," said Beth Reisinger, sport development director for US Lacrosse. "This truly is a partnership helping to seed the sport in both traditional and developing lacrosse areas."

The following programs have been awarded grants for the 2006 cycle of the US Lacrosse Equipment Grant Program:

Boys' Grants
Wylie Lacrosse Booster Club – Wylie, TX
Clinton County Lacrosse Association – Wilmington, OH
Hanover Area Family YMCA – Hanover, PA
Mesa Heat – Mesa, AZ
Selinsgrove Lacrosse Club – Middleburg, PA
Rolling Meadow Park District – Rolling Meadows, IL
Ogdensburg Youth Lacrosse – Ogdensburg, NY
Idaho Falls Youth Lacrosse Association – Idaho Falls, ID
Fairbanks Lacrosse Association – Fairbanks, Alaska
Indy LAX – Indianapolis, IN
Chandler High Lacrosse Booster Club – Chandler, AZ
Chatfield Senior High School – Littleton, CO
Forest Youth Athletic Association – Forest, VA
Pitt County Youth Lacrosse – Greenville, NC
Lemont Lacrosse – Lemont, IL
Boys and Girls Club of Bay Mills – Brimley, MI
Millbrook High School – Raleigh, NC
Louisville Youth Lacrosse Club - Louisville, OH
Greenbrier High School – Grovetown, GA

Girls' Grants
Grand Blanc Girls Lacrosse Club – Grand Blanc, MI
Bishop Verot High School
Truckee Girls Lacrosse – Truckee, CA
Harwood Youth Lacrosse – Waitsfield, VT
Ogdensburg Youth Lacrosse – Ogdensburg, NY
Johnstown Lacrosse Club – Johnstown, PA
Annunciation Catholic Academy – Longwood, FL
Trojan Lacrosse – Coral Springs, FL

Stick Grants
Mountain Range High School – Thornton, CO
Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Florida – Jacksonville, FL
Bellevue United Lacrosse – Bellevue, WA
De Lasalle – St. Louis, MO
South Engene High School Boy’s Lacrosse Club – Eugene, OR
Arendell Parrott Academy – Kinston, NC

Goal Grants
Torjan Lacrosse – Coral Springs, FL
Central Branch YMCA – Fort Wayne, IN
Cardinal Gibbons Girls Lacrosse Club – Ft. Landerdale, FL
Rolling Meadows Park District – Rolling Meadows, IL
MccSports, Inc. – St. Augustine, FL
YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee – Milwaukee, WI

Physical Education Curriculum Grants
Haslett Lacrosse Club, Inc. – Haslett, MI
Back Mountain Youth Lacrosse – Shavertown, PA

Program (Boys’ and Girls’) Grants
Cambridge – Isanti Community Education – Cambridge, MN
Sante Fe Lacrosse – Sante Fe, NM
Central Branch YMCA – Fort Wayne, IN
ESASD Senior High School North – Dingmans Ferry, PA
Cecil Lacrosse League – Port Deposit, MD
Bridgewater – Raynham Regional High School – Bridgewater, MA
Pottstown Family YMCA – Pottstown, PA
Tulsa Youth Lacrosse Association – Broken Arrow State, OK
Alaska Lacrosse Club – Eagle River, AK
Coyotes Lacrosse Club – Burlingame, CA
Brother Martin High School – New Orleans, LA
De La Salle High School – Metairie, LA
North Carolina Central University Lacrosse Club – Cary, NC