Girls on the Run combines training for a 5K (3.1 miles) running event with healthy living education. Our programs instill self-esteem and strong values through health education, life skills development, mentoring relationships, and physical training -- all of which are accomplished through an active collaboration with girls and their parents, schools, volunteers, staff, and community.

Our continued success depends on the generosity of our donors and community partners. Many of our girls attend our program on scholarship and we never turn away a girl for inability to pay. Our program has tripled in size in 2009 and we are now limiting the program due to staff and financial constraints.