Lacrosse

Washington Chapter 2002 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 Granted 10 new team awards to new boys teams. Grants Included new goals, nets, sticks and gloves.
January	Chapter Granter 3 new team awards to new girls teams. Grants included new goals, nets and sticks.
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 2002.
February 23	The Chapter conducted 3 boys lacrosse clinics over 2 days. The chapter hired professional lacrosse players Scott Hochstadt and hosted US World Team Players to conduct the clinics.
June 9th	LaxFest 2002 - 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.