A Statement from Bedford Youth Lacrosse Regarding Refunds
Monday, May 18, 2020
As you know, the Spring 2020 Bedford Youth Lacrosse (BYL) season has been cancelled. It breaks our hearts not to have your children out practicing, playing, learning life lessons, and smiling with their teams as the spring unfolds.
Because there is no QUIT in our hearts, we will seek to create new ways we can let our youth enjoy this spirited and addictive sport, adjusted to embrace the safety and health standards still being defined. In collaboration with US Lacrosse, Mass Bay Youth Lacrosse League (boys), and Mass Bay Girls Lacrosse League (girls), BYL is currently exploring options to offer programming and organized play that can be executed in conformance to CDC guidelines and state recommendations/policies for summer and beyond. New opportunities will be communicated as those options formalize.
As a non-profit program with significant preseason investments representing unrecoverable costs, the BYL program is unable to grant full refunds for the 2020 season. We recognize the sensitive needs of some families and aim to responsibly uphold BYL’s financial obligations. With these goals in mind, we have calculated a way to economically serve most families by deferring registration fees to next year, and yet offer partial refunds to those that require immediate relief.
Please choose from the following options by June 19 by going to the 2020 Season Covid-19 Form found on the Bedford Youth Lacrosse website:
Rollover: Move 2020 spring registration(s) to spring 2021 and avoid any increases to program costs. You will be pre-registered for 2021 automatically.
Partial Refund: BYL reimburses for non-incurred costs, a portion of your registration payment. Amounts will vary based upon discounts exercised and program level fees at the time of registration.
Donate: 2020 registration may be offered to BYL to support scholarships and asset investment for future players and seasons.
If no action is taken, your registration will rollover and BYL will automatically re-register you for 2021 season. We look forward to seeing your player(s) on the field in 2021!
While BYL has taken a significant financial hit from this pandemic, we seek to meet the varying needs of families in our community. For those with unusual circumstances (e.g., extreme financial hardships, family displacement) please reach out to BYL President, Andy Kinch,
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For those of you willing to donate your registration fee to BYL, we are extremely grateful. Your donation will provide needed relief for the financial stress that this unforeseen national crisis has caused to the program.
Partial Refunds must be requested by June 19, 2020 or BYL will consider you re-registered for the 2021 season. Please indicate your choice by going to the 2020 Season Covid-19 Form found on the Bedford Youth Lacrosse website.
Finally, to all 8th grade athletes and their families. We know that this is not the way you envisioned your season, but we are confident that your BYL experience has been a great foundation for you to explore high school lacrosse. We’ve watched you stretch out your arms. We have watched you fail and try again. You are resilient. Buccaneers for life. Please indicate on the 2020 Season Covid-19 Form if you would like your 2020 uniform or if you would like to donate the uniform to the BYL program.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out. We wish all our Buccaneer families good health and hope to be able to see you all on the fields soon!
Sincerely,
Board of Directors
Bedford Youth Lacrosse
