Friends, Family, and Teammates,It’s Official!The IRS approved our application
for tax exempt status on January 27, 2026! The S.W.A.G. Team is officially a
501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, effective December 8, 2025. Feel free to look us up (EIN: 41-20991089). The S.W.A.G. Team x Harlem Lacrosse PhiladelphiaThanks to generous support from
early donors, The S.W.A.G. Team is excited to announce that it has partnered
with Harlem Lacrosse
Philadelphia to host its first event! The event will be a Watch Party
of the WLL 2026 Opening Weekend game featuring the Boston Guard versus New York
Charging on May 16, 2026 from 5-730pm (game starts at 530p) at 1 West Elm Street in Conshohocken, PA. There will be food, drinks, raffle prizes, and lots of fun celebrating women and girls in sports while raising funds to support Harlem Lacrosse Philadelphia, a nonprofit that provides education, enrichment, and lacrosse programming to at-risk youth in North Philly. Support women and girls in sports and purchase tickets or make a donation for this great cause here. Raffle prizes include WLL team jerseys and tickets to the WLL Championship game on August 15, 2026 at Subaru Park (Chester, PA), and more! Our goal for this event is to
raise $8,000 so that every girl in the Harlem Lacrosse Philadelphia program
can have a pair of cleats – all we need is 100 people to purchase a pair of
cleats to reach our goal! Attend our event, bring your friends, and spread the
word. Please note, you do not need to attend our event or live in Philly to
make an impact – you can buy a pair of cleats in the invitation link above
or purchase raffle tickets here!
Have a cool raffle prize to donate? Know someone interested in donor matching?
Let us know! Fun Fact:
Philadelphia-area women will be playing in our watch party game! Maddie Burns (Boston Guard - #13) Philadelphia,
PA; Germantown Academy Courtney Taylor (Boston Guard - #20) Chalfont,
PA; Central Bucks High School South Madison Doucette (NY Charging - #66) West
Chester, PA; Unionville High School
Women’s Lacrosse League (WLL)The WLL is the only professional
lacrosse league for women in the United States and currently consists of four
clubs: the Boston Guard, the California Palms, the Maryland Charm, and the New
York Charging. It began its first season of play in February 2025 as a sixes
league (6-on-6 teams, smaller fields, and shorter time periods) with a
Championship Series format, culminating in a 22-17 win by the Boston Guard over
New York Charging in the Championship. The 2025 final was the most streamed
women’s professional lacrosse game ever on ESPN+. Most recently, the WLL announced
expansion to a full regular season in the summer of 2026 and a move to a
10-v-10, full-field format and roster increases to 23 players. To the end, the
WLL held a Supplemental Draft in Match 2026 and an inaugural College Draft in
April 2026. S.W.A.G. DonationsIf you would like to make a
general donation to The S.W.A.G. Team for operating costs and so that
we can continue to host events celebrating and highlighting women and girls in
sports, you may do so here. Natalija Whitman | Founder and S.W.A.G. Team Captain
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