By age 9, girls' self-confidence begins to decline . 50% of girls ages 10 to 13 experience bullying such as name calling and exclusion at a time when peer relationships become more central to girls' lives . Additionally, physical activity levels decline starting at age 10 and continue to decline throughout adolescence .
It doesn't have to be this way.
Girls on the Run addresses the problems of low self-esteem, low self confidence and unhealthy decision making that face adolescent girls. One girl put it this way: "At Girls on the Run learned to be the boss of my own brain."
Girls on the Run is dedicated to creating a world where every girl knows and activates her limitless potential and is free to boldly pursue her dreams. An independent study conducted by Dr. Maureen Weiss, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, provides strong evidence that Girls on the Run is effective in promoting positive youth development, including season-long and lasting change in competence, confidence, connection, character, caring, physical activity, and life skills. Furthermore, the study found that Girls on the Run makes a stronger impact than organized sports and physical education programs in teaching life skills, demonstrating that strategies such as those for managing emotions, resolving conflict, helping others, and making intentional decisions are optimized when they are explicitly taught. The program's unique, intentional curriculum taught by trained coaches explains the season-long improvements in social, psychological, and physical behaviors as well as learning of critical life skills that benefit girls in their everyday lives.
We inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running.
At Girls on the Run, our core values guide our way and we stand firm in our long-standing commitment to building a world where every person can know and activate their limitless potential. We value the dignity and humanity of all people and are dedicated to being an inclusive, diverse, equitable and accessible organization. We define inclusion, diversity, equity and access as follows:
Inclusion: The act of authentically engaging, affirming, and valuing all people and creating a place of belonging across the Girls on the Run movement.
Diversity: The many ways that human beings differ from one another. While in the United States, the word 'diversity' is strongly associated with race, ethnicity and gender, at Girls on the Run we believe there are many other forms of diversity including thinking style, abilities and disabilities, culture and generation, social roles, sexual orientation, gender identity, education, income, religion, and more.
Equity: Fairness and justice in the way people are treated and the absence of disparities that are systemically associated with societal advantage or disadvantage. In particular, equity where one's gender or race identity has no influence on how one fares in society, including the elimination of policies, practices, attitudes and cultural messages that reinforce differential outcomes.
Access: The ability to participate in programming, retrieve resources, contribute through volunteer opportunities.
Organization name
Girls on the Run of the DFW Metroplex
Causes
Women & Girls, Youth & Children
Operating Budget
$100,000 - $249,999
Counties Served
Collin, Tarrant, Rockwall, Kaufman, Johnson, Grayson, Ellis, Denton, Dallas
BIPOC Serving
Other, Native American, Hispanic or Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black or African American
BIPOC Leadership
Executive Director/CEO
Equity Statement
Equity Statement
Address
4653 Nall Road, Suite A10