Lacrosse

Washington Chapter 2001 Initiatives
The Washington Chapter of US Lacrosse is a very active chapter. Through Various fund raising activities we manage a budget of over $20,000 which is used to support the growth of men's and women's lacrosse in the state of Washington. Activities and programs for the 2001 calendar year include:

Date	Program
January	Chapter Purchased 6 new goals and nets to loan to new teams. The goals will remain in an "Equipment Bank" for use each year by new teams.
January	Chapter Purchased $3,000 of sticks, pads and helmets to stock the "Equipment Bank". This equipment will either be resold to players at low cost, or remain in the bank for future use.
February	To promote the boys HS Lacrosse League, the chapter hired a reporter to produce a weekly column for posting to the walax.com site. This reporter will also produce information for the US Lacrosse magazine special on nationwide HS Lacrosse programs.
February	Rookie Ref Bonus Program established. To support the tremendous growth of lacrosse in Washington and the ever increasing need for refs the Chapter established a bonus program for any rookie ref that worked more than 10 games in 2001.
March 9th, 10th	The Chapter conducted 8 boys lacrosse clinics over 2 days. The chapter hired professional lacrosse players Scott Hochstadt and Hamilton Pollard to conduct the clinics. Over 450 boys participated.
May 20th	The Chapter purchased the rights for the Northwest Regional Girls team to participate in the half time game of the Seattle Sounders Professional Soccer Game at Seattle Center's Memorial Stadium.
May	US Lacrosse Chapter donates $1000 to the NW Regional Girls team competing in the annual National tournament.
May	Chapter provided equipment donation to Spokan Group looking to start new HS Teams.
June 9th	LaxFest 2001 - This is the Chapters second annual lax day in the sun at Marymoor Park. For more information, checkout the following site:
June - August	US Lacrosse Chapter conducts two summer leagues. One for males 16 years of age and older, another for females age 14 years and older. For more information click here.
July	US Lacrosse Chapter donates $1000 to the Washington Boys All-Star team competing in the annual Vail invitational tournament.
July 13th	The Chapter purchased the rights for the Seattle Middle School Boys All-Star team to participate in the half time game of the Seattle Sounders Professional Soccer Game at Seattle Center's Memorial Stadium.