12 years ago, our co-founders Brett Hughes and Brad Corrigan decided that they wanted to use the sport of lacrosse to better equip youth for life. From their vision, Lacrosse the Nations programming was born. Over these 12 years, our organization has grown to provide educational programming, positive mentorship, nutritional support, and - most importantly - create a multinational family that values service to others. Along the way, we have adopted ideals shown to us through our partners, our parents, our volunteers and donors, and our student-athletes that have guided us in staying true to our mission. To reflect this, Lacrosse the Nations has redefined our core values, and we are so excited to share them with everyone!
There are four values that we hold ourselves accountable to each day and that guide all of our decisions, from the top down:
Humility
Empowerment
Resilience
The Power of Connection
Humility stems from our deep respect for all cultures that exist. We strive to serve people from various communities while learning as much as we can from them every single day. We facilitate open conversations in our programming and in our workplace and seek to find solutions through the open sharing of beliefs and ideas.
The Power of Connection is the knowledge that we are nothing without one another and that we all depend on each other for many things. The members of our organization and our communities are diverse and come from various backgrounds, joined together by this belief in service and the power of sport. We allow ourselves to rely on each other and to build each other up in the best way possible, sharing resources, discussion, and passion.
Empowerment is the feeling our kids get when they accomplish something during practice. It’s the way our volunteers feel when they serve new communities. It is what our donors feel after making a monumental impact around them. It’s what our staff feels when to connect all members of our mission together. Empowerment is the fostering of an individual’s innate, and embracing one’s greatest potential. We strive to make every child, parent, volunteer, donor and staff member feel empowered, strong, and capable of accomplishing any goal they face, whether they conquer it alone or with the help of others.
Resilience is the ability to recover quickly; to be flexible and unbreakable. In our programs and in our workplace, we identify, encourage, and reward skills in overcoming adversity. As an organization, we embrace roadblocks as opportunities to deepen our impact and further our mission.
These core values guide us in every decision we make, small or large. No matter the challenge, we work together to guide and discover new possibilities and solutions. We are grateful to have come as far as we have, thanks to the support and counsel of the many members that make up this LtN Family. We look forward to a future full of opportunities, continuous growth and learning.
