Girls on the Run® is a life-changing, experiential learning program for girls in grades 3rd through 8th. The program combines training for a 3.1 mile running event with self-esteem enhancing, uplifting workouts. The goals of the program are to encourage positive emotional, social, mental, spiritual and physical development.
• We envision a world where every girl knows and activates her limitless potential and is free to boldy pursue her dreams
• To support a network of Girls on the Run sites in elementary and middle schools of Howard County
• 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 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.
