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Causes: Amateur Sports, Sports
Mission: Our mission is to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running while preparing the girls to participate in an end of season celebratory 5k running event.
Programs: Girls on the run of silicon valley (gotrsv) is a life-changing after-school program for 8-14 year old girls. Our goal is to educate and prepare girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living. Girls meet in small teams twice weekly for ten weeks. Through our lessons, girls are empowered with greater self-awareness, a sense of achievement and a foundation in team building to help them become strong, self-confident women who embrace their own unique qualities. We serve girls from all income levels, backgrounds and athletic abilities and provide scholarships to all participants in need of financial assistance. Girls on the run of silicon valley served 2,208 girls at 102 program sites in 2017.