On the Saturday before finals, several young ladies from the Acalanes Dons Women’s Lacrossteam helped to organize and support Oakland Lacrosse Club. The Oakland Lacrosse Club is a non-profit organization that supports Oakland Public School students in becoming healthy,confident, and self-empowered youth who effectively navigate their lives, overcome challenges, and achieve their education and life goals. It is a wonderful organization that does so much for the East Bay community.
Unfortunately, this year,r as a result of two soccer games and finals, the Dons were only able tofield one team, which consisted of Cate Mercier, Maddie Obertello, Svea Staino, and Ximena Espinosa Angel and a couple of fantastic young ladies from Monte Vista. Although we usually
have three or four teams, these young ladies admirably represented Acalanes. The Acalanes Boys Lacrosse team also sent a team to this Jamboree. They all played with heart and spirit against some of the top Varsity players in Northern California. More importantly, they had a blast for a good cause! Their spirit, hustle, and attitude were perfect for this event, and Oakland Lacrosse extremely appreciated them.
The Dons lacrosse program has always made it a priority to give back and support this program with a special day in the spring for where our program sets up games, scrimmages, and lunch with generally over 50 students from Oakland and through leadership and participation in the Oakland Lacrosse Jamboree.
This year, the youth planning board consisted of four Dons: Cate Mercier, Maddie Obertello, Ella Culbertson, and Grace Colaco (this was Grace’s second year on the board). Coach Steve is on the Board of Oakland Lacrosse, also. Because of the work of the above, Oakland Lacrosse had over 50 teams at the Jamboree, enabling this great organization to raise considerable money for their program
Come on out on April 26, when the Acalanes Dons Women’s Lacrosse program hosts all of the Oakland High Schools had a fantastic day of lacrosse and friendship! Go Dons!