Nonprofit Girls Empowerment Program

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Girls on the Run + Justice

Our national partner Justice created a special Girls on the Run capsule collection to benefit GOTR!

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Find Your 5K

Girls on the Run 5K season is here! Find your local council and get involved today.

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What We Do

Girls on the Run is about much more than running! Find out how our programs help girls be joyful, healthy and confident!

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Every Girl Deserves to Be Empowered

Target and Always have teamed up with Girls on the Run to support our access and inclusion initiative!

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Fueling the limitless potential in ourselves, our girls and our world!

Girls on the Run + Thirty-One Gifts

All products from our national partner, Thirty-One Gifts, can now include the Girls on the Run logo and an additional line of text!

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The Results Are In!

A new study shows Girls on the Run has a positive impact on girls during the program and beyond, and makes a stronger impact than organized sports and school physical education in teaching life skills!

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WE INSPIRE GIRLS

to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running.

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Girls on the Run Councils

Girls on the Run has 225 councils and counting that impact communities nationwide.

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7 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day

04/19/2018

We love Earth Day! For us, it’s a day where we can go outside and appreciate Mother Nature. After all, she has been incredible to us humans – providing us with natural food, shelter, beautiful scenery, animals and so much more.

25 Compliments to Give Other Than Good Job

04/17/2018

We teach girls that what they say and how they say it matters, no matter their age. When an accomplishment is reached, kids deserve more than just “good job” so they know why their actions are powerful and important. We teach girls that what they say and how they say it matters, no matter their age. When an accomplishment is reached, kids deserve more than just “good job” so they know why their actions are powerful and important. We teach girls that what they say and how they say it matters, no matter their age. When an accomplishment is reached, kids deserve more than just “good job” so they know why their actions are powerful and important.

Five Ways to Make Your Team’s Practice 5K Memorable

04/17/2018

Hair coloring, face painting, dancing, cheer stations – each Girls on the Run 5K event is packed with motivating moments that remind girls they’ve put in the work and are ready to complete their first 5K! But before girls get to the start line, they have a ten-week season with twenty practices where they run, learn new skills and grow as a team, including one practice where they complete a practice 5K to prepare for their big culminating event.