Lake Sawyer
Hawks
About the Website
What this site is, how it's built, and how we handle privacy & cookies.
About the Site
Welcome to the official website of the Lake Sawyer Hawks — a platform designed to keep our members informed, connected, and engaged with everything happening at the field and in the club.
How the Site Is Built
The Hawks website is a custom-built web application — not a template or drag-and-drop builder. It runs on the Laravel framework with a MySQL database, and is hosted on professional infrastructure with SSL security.
Behind the public pages, the site includes a full membership management system: online applications and renewals, a members-only directory and document library, event and meeting calendars, a classifieds board, email campaigns, gate code distribution, and an admin dashboard for managing all of it. Each feature is built from scratch to fit how the Hawks actually operate — nothing off-the-shelf.
The design is responsive and works equally well on phones, tablets, and desktops.
Privacy & Cookies
What we collect
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Essential cookies:
A small consent cookie (
lsh_cookie_consent) plus session and security cookies. - Form submissions: Information you choose to provide so we can manage membership and respond to enquiries.
- Basic server logs: Used for reliability and security only.
- reCAPTCHA: Used to prevent spam on public forms.
What we do not do
- We do not sell or share personal information.
- No advertising trackers or third-party analytics.
Managing cookies
Blocking cookies may affect forms, reCAPTCHA, or sign-in features.
Data retention
Records are retained only as needed for club administration.