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Girls on the Run inspires girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident using fun, experience-based curricula that creatively integrates running. It is a physical activity-based positive youth development (PYD) program designed to enhance 3rd-8th girls’ social, psychological, and physical skills and behaviors to successfully navigate life experiences. The program’s intentional curriculum places an emphasis on the development of competence, confidence, connection, character, caring, and contribution in young girls. Trained, caring, and qualified coaches deliver the life skills curriculum during out-of-school times by guiding small teams of girls through twice-a-lessons that promote social-emotional learning concurrently with physical activity. The program culminates with girls positively impacting their communities through a service project and completing a celebratory, non-competitive 5K event. Girls on the Run of Northwest Indiana has served over 16,000 girls and their families over the past 15 years in ten counties throughout Northwest Indiana. Our council has a clear commitment to access for all girls and maintains one of the highest scholarship rates among all 200 Girls on the Run councils across the country. All donations and proceeds received will go directly to our scholarship fund.
