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Welcome to our FAQ Page!
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Here is where you can find answers to the most common questions asked by our customers! If you cannot find question you are looking for, click the search button!
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A: Girls should wear or bring comfortable, weather appropriate clothing that can be worn for warm ups, running, cool downs and sitting on the floor. Please also ensure that your daughter has appropriate footwear, including socks and running shoes. Girls should bring their water bottle (provided at the beginning of the season by GOTR) so they remain hydrated throughout the session. Depending on the time the session starts, girls should eat a light meal or healthy snack before they come. |
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A: Yes, but each site has a limit of 15 girls in each group who are accepted on a first come, first served basis. An additional benefit of participating in Girls on the Run is meeting new friends. |
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A: At this time GOTR is not affiliated with the Madison School District, but is affilitated with some school districts throughout the county. |
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A: Girls on the Run is open to all girls who live in Dane County regardless of ability to pay. Our sliding fee scale is based on annual family income. Click on Program Information, fees, for complete fee information.
Registration fees help us fulfill our commitment to provide every girl with an outstanding experience. We ask for your commitment to providing earnest information about your family's financial status.
You may contact Sara Pickard for further scholarship information or to make a donation to support our scholarship fund at 608-234-1958.
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A: Our fall 2008 programs will begin the week of September 1, 2008. Online and mail-in registration will open on or before July 21, 2008. |
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We offer a 12-week spring program that runs from March through May and an 8-week fall program that runs from September through October. |
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A: Yes, as long as she has transportation to and from the site locations, she may join any of our programs. |
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A: Our goal during each session is to motivate girls to be physically active, interact with the other girls in the program and talk about what's on their minds.
We encourage girls to get moving and help them build up to being able to participate in a 5K race at the end of the program. Girls can walk, skip, or run as long as they keep moving. We start with a warm-up, an activity designed around moving and running, and then during the cool down period the coach leads discussions with the girls, covering the topic of the day. |
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A: Yes and no. Girls on the Run includes running — or walking, skipping and anything in between — but it's about so much more.
Girls on the Run is the first of an entirely new type of recreation program that combines physical training for a non-competitive 3.1 mile running event with warm-ups, team-building activities and workouts that focus on character-building practical life skills. These skills include how to get along in a group, how to assert yourself in a healthy manner, how to stop a gossip chain and how to combat the negative and unattainable images young girls see in the media. |
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A: Girls on the Run (GOTR®) is a non-profit prevention program that uses an interactive psychology-based curriculum and running to encourage pre-teen girls to develop self respect and healthy lifestyles.
The after-school program addresses all aspects of a girl's development including her physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual well-being.
Twice weekly lessons along with physical activity are aimed at providing the tools girls need to avoid risky adolescent behaviors such as drug and alcohol use, early sexual activity, eating disorders and obesity. |
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