Programs
New Start Program
The New Jersey Lacrosse Foundation is pleased to announce its third year of sponsoring "The New Start Program" for beginning youth and high school programs for both boys and girls. The following items best describe our program:
Since 1999, your chapter has assisted over 40 new programs around the state by offering the "New Start Package" consists of 2 goals and 2 nets.
This package is valued at approximately $500.00. It is our policy not to award any cash gifts to any new program.
Each program requesting The New Jersey Chapter's assistance must submit a written letter/proposal that describes your program's initiative and future plans. Please include the number of participants, age group and gender. Most importantly though, you must verify that all participants, including the coaching staff, are members of US Lacrosse, the national governing body of our sport. Please provide their membership identification numbers as well. If you need membership applications please log onto US Lacrosse's website www.uslacrosse.org.
The proposals will be discussed and approved only at our quarterly Board of Trustees meetings. This means that there could be a potential delay of 10-12 weeks before processing. We also have a budget associated with this program. Therefore, only a finite number of programs can benefit from this program in any given year.
Please email your proposal to: newstartprogram@njlacrosse.org
Sportsmanship, Honor and Safety
The content on this page is brought to you by the NJ Lacrosse Foundation's Sportsmanship and Ethics Committee. This committee has been established to perform the following:
- Conduct Positive Lacrosse Experience Workshops.
- Attend executive board meetings of boys and girls youth programs to assist in applying strategies learned in the workshops.
- Present helpful materials to assist in developing and enforcing the concepts of positive sportsmanship.
- Formalize communication process with necessary contacts to ensure information is shared, understood and enjoyed by all lacrosse participants.
Two critical tools have been created by this committee, and are available via this website to assist in the communication and sharing of information that can facilitate the building, and development of, a positive environment for all of us to enjoy this season:
- The Partnership Agreement: This form has been created to assist those programs looking for a template that can be used to formalize your commitment to building and developing a positive culture within your program. Many programs have their own policies (i.e., Code of Conduct, Zero Tolerance), however, this was created to provide an alternative that can be used in its entirety, or certain segments you find most helpful. It serves as an example of something that can be used to ensure discussion and commitment to sportsmanship is achieved within your program. Download the agreement.
- The Feedback Form: This form has been created to assist in the communication and sharing of behaviors (role model and undesired) experienced at lacrosse games, tournaments and events. When a lacrosse participant (coach, parent, official, athlete) has witnessed behavior worth documenting, they can fill out the form below and send it to the contact listed on the form. Please note that this form is not to serve as an opportunity to create the need for a lot of effort without much opportunity to modify behaviors. On the contrary, it was produced to assist in documenting behaviors that can serve as great examples of behavior we should try to replicate within lacrosse and are worthy of recognition, or that can identify opportunities for improvement and/or coaching to improve behaviors and prevent future "incidents" or "issues". Your input is both valuable and critical to improving the environment in which this game is played. Download the agreement.