Girls on the Run
educating and preparing girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living
Girls on the Run is a life-changing after-school program for girls ages 8-11. The curriculum combines self-esteem lessons with workouts aimed to develop the whole girl: her physical, mental, emotional, and social self. We want girls to find a sense of achievement and build a foundation to become strong, content, and self-confident women.
mission
To educate and prepare girls for a life time of self-respect and healthy living.
about
Girls on the Run is a life-changing, experiential learning program for girls age eight to thirteen years old. The program combines training for a 3.1-mile running event with self-esteem enhancing, uplifting workouts. The goal of this non-profit program is to encourage positive emotional, social, mental, spiritual and physical development.
objectives
The Girls on the Run objective is to reduce the potential display of at-risk activities among its participants. The goal is fewer adolescent pregnancies and eating disorders, less depression and suicide attempts, as well as fewer substance/alcohol abuse problems and confrontations with the juvenile justice system.
vision
- To support a network of Girls on the Run sites across the country
- To provide quality and life-changing programming for girls and women, and to provide quality and life-changing experiences to the women involved in the delivery and development of the program as well
- To support an intensive, nationwide, media campaign that will provide positive, healthy images of girls and women
- To promote an environment that allows girls and women to reach their full potential
- To constantly strive to improve itself by staying open-minded, trusting and flexible, even in the business world
- To enhance the lives of all involved in the program
- To influence literally hundreds of thousands of girls and women in the next 30 years by establishing Girls on the Run sites around the country and the world
- To be a foremost expert on ways to raise and support a healthy girl in these ever-changing times
- To assist in nothing less than a complete transformation in the way girls and women perceive themselves and their place in society.
gotr york's current locations
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Dallastown Elementary
- North Hills Elementary School
- Sinking Springs (Central York School District)
- Southern York County School District
- Hannah Penn (York City School District)
- Indian Rock (York Suburban School District)
fee
$75 with limited scholarships available.
curriculum
The Girls on the Run curriculum has been in use since the fall of 1996. Since that time thousands of girls have been through the program-but what we soon discovered is, they were having so much fun and getting so connected, they wanted something that would carry them through middle school. We originally wanted to call it Girls on the Run for Middle Schoolers. The girls who were participating told us they wanted something they could call their own.
The first eight lessons
- Power of friendship
- Values: likes and dislikes
- Who am I?
The next eight lessons
- Importance of team-building
- Being supportive
- Listening and cooperating
The last eight lessons
- Overcoming media messages
- Community begins with me - where do I fit in?
volunteer opportunities
The Girls on the Run Program is growing in the York area and colunteer coaches and assistant coaches are needed. Anyone interested should contact Tara Neff at 717-845-2631 ext. 131.
GOTR-York is led by a group of local volunteers who serve as role models to the girls through coaching the 12-week, 24-lesson program. The curriculum is delivered locally through after-school programs, recreation centers, and other non-profit settings.
