US LACROSSE ANNOUNCES YOUTH EQUIPMENT AND PCA WORKSHOP GRANT WINNERS

BALTIMORE - US Lacrosse has once again teamed with the lacrosse manufacturing industry and the Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) to benefit youth lacrosse players. US Lacrosse and leading equipment manufacturers and retailers have awarded Youth Equipment Grants to 14 programs across the country. Seven US Lacrosse regional chapters and three additional youth programs will benefit from PCA Workshop Grants, awarded by US Lacrosse in conjunction with the PCA.

Established thanks to an endowment following the 1998 International Lacrosse Federation World Championships hosted by US Lacrosse, the Youth Grant Program awards grants of equipment to first-year girls' and boys' youth lacrosse programs with demonstrated financial need in developing lacrosse areas throughout the country. The four boys' grants, four girls' grants and six combination grants represent more than a 100 percent increase over last year's total of six awarded grants.

US Lacrosse is in its third year of partnership with the Stanford University-based PCA, which operates to change the culture of youth sports to improve the experience of athletes of all ages. The organizations teamed to award 10 PCA Workshop Grants, up from eight last year and six in 2001. Valued at $1,000 each, grants cover a one-day workshop, associated materials, and travel costs for the PCA facilitator.

"We're very fortunate to have as partners organizations that are as committed to developing youth lacrosse as the PCA and the lacrosse equipment industry," said Jennifer Allen, director of programs.

Boys' Youth Equipment Grants were awarded to the following programs: Durango

(Colo.) Parks and Recreation, Las Vegas Crusaders, Montgomery (Ala.) Youth Lacrosse/Montgomery Lacrosse Club (Lance Holden Grant Recipient), and Moscow

(Idaho) Youth Lacrosse. The following girls' programs earned grants: Grant

(Ore.) Girls Junior Lacrosse, Orange County (Fla.) Girls Youth Lacrosse, Riverstone (Idaho) Community School, and Waltham (Mass.) Girls Youth Lacrosse.

Combination equipment grants were awarded to: WINNERS Lacrosse (Washington, D.C.), Hawaiian Islands Youth Lacrosse, Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Department, St. Paul (Minn.) Lacrosse Club, South Suburban (Colo.) Parks and Recreation, and Rutland (Vt.) Recreation and Parks Department.

PCA Workshop Grants were awarded to the followings US Lacrosse chapters: Greater Los Angeles, Maine, Philadelphia/Eastern Pa., San Diego, Utah, Washington State, and Western New York. the following youth programs also earned PCA Workshop Grants: Brine (Syracuse, N.Y.) Upstate Lacrosse League, Richmond (Va.) Lacrosse Academy, Inc., and Tri-Boro (Attleboro Falls, Mass.) Youth Lacrosse.

For more information on the PCA workshops, contact Silvia Rivas at [email protected] or 650.725.0024.

# # #