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Mar 03, 2021 A charitable foundation in Akwesasne is donating 700 lacrosse sticks to help train the next generation of Iroquois athletes and reinforce the importance of lacrosse in Iroquois, or Haudenosaunee, culture.
The Strong Roots Charitable Foundation donated 700 lacrosse sticks to support the Iroquois Nationals Development Program for Haudenosaunee youth. (From left): Iroquois Nationals U21 Men s Lacrosse Head Coach Mark Burnam, Strong Roots Board Member Chessie Thomas, Strong Roots Board Vice President Dianna Tarbell, Treasurer, and Iroquois Nationals Chief of Officials, Compliance and Governance Mark Martin. Photo provided.
The Strong Roots Charitable Foundation is giving the sticks to the youth development arm of the Iroquois Nationals. The Nationals are a First Nations team that plays against the United States, Canada, and other teams in international championships.
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AKWESASNE The Strong Roots Charitable Foundation donated 700 lacrosse sticks to the Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse Program. They were donated to support the Iroquois National’s efforts to share and grow the love for lacrosse through youth development clinics that will be hosted in Haudenosaunee communities.
“The Strong Roots Charitable Foundation was created with the purpose of helping our youth to grow and have strong futures by supporting healthy and safe environments in Akwesasne and other Haudenosaunee communities. We are proud that the donation to the Iroquois Nationals will help our youth to develop on many levels, as lacrosse players and as future leaders,” said Strong Roots Foundation Board President Carey Terrance.
AKWESASNE â The Strong Roots Charitable Foundation is helping build a strong foundation and future for a new initiative of the Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse Program.
The foundation donated 700 lacrosse sticks to support the Iroquois Nationalâs efforts to share and grow the love for lacrosse through youth development clinics that will be hosted in Haudenosaunee communities.
âThe Strong Roots Charitable Foundation was created with the purpose of helping our youth to grow and have strong futures by supporting healthy and safe environments in Akwesasne and other Haudenosaunee communities. We are proud that the donation to the Iroquois Nationals will help our youth to develop on many levels, as lacrosse players and as future leaders,â said Strong Roots Foundation Board President Carey Terrance in a prepared statement.