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Welcome to Girls on the Run of Dane County
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Mark your calendar!
Our 10 week spring season will begin the week of March 26th, 2012 and run through Saturday, June 9th when we host the Inaugural Spring GOTR 5K!
Registration will open on Monday, February 27th at 8:00 a.m.
Spring site information is now available! Click on PROGRAM INFO for complete details.
Registration is now open for "The 5th Annual Sneaker Soiree", presented by Godfrey & Kahn
~Monday, February 20, 2012 at Sardine, 617 Williamson Street, Madison~
Click here for complete Sneaker Soiree details
The 2012 Girls on the Run International Video is here!
"G I R L S, G I R L S, Girls on the Run... Girls on the Run!"
Looking for GOTR 5K race pictures from the November 12 New Balance GOTR 5K? Thank you to Focal Flame Photography for all the great pictures of our event. Click here to access race photos.
Ready, Set, RUN! 3rd Annual New Balance Girls on the Run 5K, November 12, 2011
"We're girls, we know it, and this is how we show it! Girls on the Run is SO much fun!"
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 and social well-being. The 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.
Girls on the Run is the first of an entirely new genre of recreation programs. It 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.
Girls on the Run Dane County is an Affiliate of Girls on the Run International,which has a network of over 190 locations across the United States and Canada.
Our Vision
To help girls and women in Dane County feel good about themselves and their roles in society, we will provide access to a GOTR program to every 3rd through 5th grade girl in her community by 2020.
Girls on the Run of Dane County, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Your contribution is tax deductible to the extent allowable by federal law.
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