We inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. Girls on the Run is the only national PA-PYD (physical activity-based positive youth development) program with external evidence of impact in girls. Girls on the Run teaches girls (3rd-8th grade) critical life skills needed for life success, through an experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates physical activity – thus combining social emotional learning, mental well-being, and physical activity. In a typical year we program with over 500 girls throughout 40-50 different sites/schools in our New Orleans community. Our program cultivates the positive benefits of physical activity and movement while, at the same time, addressing harmful habits like negative self-talk, poor self-esteem and more that are prevalent among adolescent girls and detrimental to their mental health. We do all of this to combat certain established realities for young women, including that only 21% of girls believe they have the skills to be successful leaders, physical activity levels in girls decline starting at age 10, and that their self-confidence begins to drop by age 9.
Join our Girls on the Run New Orleans Charity Runners and run to empower and inspire girls right here in our community!
You raise $200 and get all the perks of a Charity Runner including:
- Exclusive GOTR Charity Runner Shirt
- GOTR Swag Bag
- CCC Exclusive Charity Runner Race Shirt
- Personalized Running Bib
- Food & Drink at private GOTR tent during the UltraFest after race
- Air conditioned bathrooms on race day
- Bus drop off and pickup
- Prime Running Spot
- ...and TONS of fun!!
