Run like a Girl
Girls on the Run was established in 1996 in Charlotte, North Carolina with the help of thirteen brave girls. We inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running.
Girls on the Run believes that all communities should have access to the programs. Strive to eliminate barriers to participation, to continue creating programming that engages all communities, to be intentional about staff and volunteer diversity, and to promote a culture of inclusion across the organization.The core values guide to be open-hearted, intentional decision makers who embrace differences and stand up for ourselves and others. Our dedication to these core values is reflected in our decision to make access and inclusion an organizational priority. Girls on the Run are committed to ensuring that the programs are accessible to any girl who wants to participate – with a goal of serving two million girls across the country by 2021. Efforts to reach this goal are rooted in our access and inclusion strategy.
The commitment to access and inclusion is resolute and the national headquarters of Girls on the Run is leading the way – hiring a Director of Access and Inclusion, revamping staff recruitment and retention plans, expanding our networks, and continuing to improve programming. In addition, headquarters staff is purposefully engaging in professional development that will allow us to reap the many benefits of being an inclusive organization. Girls on the Run councils deliver programming in all fifty states. Together we stand firm in the commitment to access and inclusion and share the responsibility of preparing staff and volunteers to foster culturally responsive environments across the organization.
Core Values
Girls on the Run honors its core values. We strive to:
- Recognize our power and responsibility to be intentional in our decision making
- Embrace our differences and find strength in our connectedness
- Express joy, optimism and gratitude through our words, thoughts and actions
- Nurture our physical, emotional and spiritual health
- Lead with an open heart and assume positive intent
- Stand up for ourselves and others
learn. dream. live. run.™
How can you support and be a part of GOTR
Volunteer
At the heart of Girls on the Run are amazing volunteers whose commitment and passion change the lives of thousands of girls each year. Our volunteers are dynamic role models dedicated to empowering girls to become healthy and confident young women. Whether you have just a couple of hours a year, a season or a month to help our cause, we would love to hear from you.
Coach
Warm-up your spirit fingers, lace up your sneakers and inspire a group of girls to be strong and healthy. Teams of volunteer coaches facilitate our easy to follow curriculum with small groups of girls over the course of 10-12 weeks. Amidst the conversation, laughter, hugs and energy awards, you will witness the transformation change in the girls and don’t be surprised if you realize that you are positively changing as well! Ready to make a difference and encourage girls to realize their full potential? The first step is signing up. Ready, Set, Coach!Im very excited about this because I will be a coach for the next Program yesss!! Watching these girls running at the 5K was everything but inspiration, and new generations deserve all the power from the Running life. In few months I will start training again for a Maratho, in wich I will be running, supporting and fundraising for Girls on the Run Chicago, so, I'm very excited to empower and meet all the joy of girls on different states with the same mission.
Running Buddy
Ready. Set. Go! Lace up your sneakers, put on your GOTR gear and get ready for a 5k experience unlike any other. The excitement in the air is palpable as the girls meet their teammates, get their pictures taken, chant “Girls on the Run is so much fun” and squeeze in a final energy award before heading to the starting line. Your girl may want to hold your hand, skip, sprint or walk, and no matter what she chooses, you’ll be the support she needs along the course. And at the end, when the finish line comes into sight, you will never forget the look on her face as she crosses and realizes that, indeed, she can accomplish anything she sets her mind to do.
5K 2018
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