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Registration for 2023 Lakeland PAL Summer Academy is open!
Visit HERE to register your child for Lakeland PAL Summer Academy.
Lakeland PAL Summer Academy runs from June 5 through June 30, and offers teens experience in archery, fishing, and opportunities for field trips throughout Central Florida.
Spots are limited to 20 participants, so register your child today!
Lakeland PAL Cheerleading Coaches Needed!
Want to help coach some amazing kids during the upcoming season? Lakeland PAL is seeking Cheerleading Coaches for kids ages 4-15 years of age.
Email lashunda.luster@lakelandgov.net or call 863.834.2536/863.834.8954 for more information.
Come out and support LakelandPAL by ordering a Fish Fry meal! Every Thursday, Lakeland PAL will be selling fish fry meals and sandwiches at the Lakeland PAL Youth Complex from 11AM - 2PM.
Need more than a couple of fish? Delivery is available with 5+ orders!
OUR MISSION
To promote positive interaction between the youth in the community and the Lakeland Police Department using educational and recreational activities directed through a variety of youth programming.
GOALS & PHILOSOPHY
The goal of Lakeland Police Athletic League (PAL) is to provide enriching programs for the youth of the community that are FUN and will INSPIRE them to learn and practice the values of sportsmanship, scholarship, and physical fitness. Lakeland PAL achieves its goal by:
• Bringing area youth members closer together through a common interest in athletic competition
• Providing supervised, organized, and safety-oriented learning environments
• Providing the opportunity to practice and play free from pressure to “win at all costs”
• Using volunteers whose goals support the Lakeland Police Athletics League’s philosophy
• Encouraging parent involvement, which includes support of the program and helping officers, coaches and participants
PROGRAM BENEFITS
Your child’s participation in the many Lakeland PAL programs means they will be guided by dedicated coaches, mentors and volunteers who are committed to a philosophy of building a better future for the youth of our community in Lakeland. While participating in any of the PAL programs, youths will interact with positive role models who instill good health habits, sportsmanship, civic standards, values and ethics, and social and leadership skills in the youth of our community.