Lacrosse the Nations (LtN) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization using lacrosse to improve education and health, while creating opportunity and hope for children around the world.
What do our Service Trips look like?
During an LtN trip, participants help coach our lacrosse practices, complete a service project, and have fun exploring local culture.
Costs for trips are $250/night per person plus airfare (purchased individually by each participant). This covers all food, housing, in-country transportation, service project materials, and non-service related excursions throughout the trip organized by LtN.
We encourage trip participants to fundraise for their trip costs using our online platform. LtN is dedicated to providing every participant with resources, tips, and personalized online fundraising pages to help them reach their goals!
COVID-19 Adjustments: Your safety is our #1 priority when traveling. With year-round staff on the ground at each of our service trip sites, we regularly monitor each community’s current safety policies and case numbers to guide our groups with the best prevention practices. Masks will be required during all travel, youth programming, and certain excursion activities.
Service Trip Interest Form:
Lacrosse the Nations is offering the opportunity for individuals to attend a service trip to our Colombia or Panama programs. Please fill out this short form if you are interested in learning more and we will follow up with you shortly!
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WHY VOLUNTEER WITH LACROSSE THE NATIONS?
Volunteering with LtN abroad is an incredibly unique and rewarding experience. LtN works to become an integral part of the communities where we operate, providing volunteers with genuine connections, invaluable community development and nonprofit experience, and lifelong memories.
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Mikey Thompson
“LtN’s programs have done more for me and my growth as a person than I ever could have imagined. I see a lot of myself in the kids here in Nicaragua. They are playing the game the way it is supposed to be played - with energy and passion.”
VOLUNTEERING WITH LTN ALLOWS YOU TO:
Leverage your personal skill set and motivators
Receive 25 hours per week of hands-on experience teaching and coaching at-risk youth
Fully immerse yourself in an international community, Spanish language, and day-to-day life
Optimize your experience exploring other areas of community development such as community health, environmental studies, and public education with our partners
Gain hands-on nonprofit experience in some of the most beautiful places in the world
Our Mission
Our mission is to improve the lives of children around the world. Lacrosse is our tool. Our programs use the lacrosse field as a platform to teach students valuable life skills and improve education, while ultimately bringing joy to their lives - and YOU can be a part of it. LtN is not just a sport-focused nonprofit, our holistic approach includes:
PHYSICAL EDUCATION & SPORT
Our life skills curriculum focuses on the traits and values that we as athletes learn through playing sports—often outside the specifics of the game. These include work ethic, motivation, response to failure, teamwork, confidence, and self-awareness.
LIFE SKILLS CURRICULUM
Our daily lacrosse practices provide recreational spaces and physical health instruction that children in our communities lack. Lacrosse not only offers a platform to practice personal wellness, it also provides students with stability, consistency and strong role models.
ACADEMIC SUPPORT
Our programs work to increase school attendance and improve graduation rates in the communities where we work. LtN provides annual scholarships at all levels for both coaches and student-athletes, along with safe spaces, materials and guidance to complete homework after school.