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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

HEART & SOUL AND GIRLS ON THE RUN...

Come join us at Leslie Groves Park for a fun family run/walk that benefits the YMCA Girls on the Run program. This is not an officially timed event.

Girls on the Run combines training for a 5k (3.1 miles) running event with healthy living education. Through interactive activities such as running, playing games, and discussing important issues, participants in the 10-week program learn how to celebrate their unique and real selves. GOTR instills self-esteem through health education, life skills development, mentoring relationships, and physical training—all of which are accomplished through an active collaboration with girls and their parents, schools, volunteers, staff and the community. The program utilizes a whole-person approach to elevate emotional, social, mental and physical health.

Girls on the Run of the Tri-Cities is an Affiliate/Independent Council of Girls on the Run International. GOTR International has a network of 170 locations in 43 states which plan to serve 90,000 girls in 2011 across the United States and Canada.