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- EIN 20-8508128
- info@gotrkc.org
- (913) 766-1728
- 211 W 18th St Kansas City MO 64108 USA
- www.gotrkc.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Children & Youth, Youth Development Programs
Mission: We inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running.
Target demographics: girls in 3rd through 8th grade
Geographic areas served: 17 counties in Kansas and Missouri. Kansas counties: Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, and Wyandotte. Missouri counties: Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Dekalb, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Ray, and Platte
Programs: Girls on the Run is a physical activity-based positive youth development program designed to develop and enhance girls' social, psychological, and physical competencies to successfully navigate life experiences. Girls in the 3rd through 8th grades combine training for a 5k (3. 1 miles) running event with healthy living education. Our character-building program 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. Our program is held twice a year in the Fall and Spring, and each season is 10 weeks in duration. The program is currently taught in elementary schools, middle schools, and community centers around the Kansas City area. Teams meet for an hour and a half twice a week and each session is led by specially trained volunteer coaches and includes lessons dealing with issues such as body image, negative self-talk, resisting peer pressure, gratitude, gossip, nutrition, making healthy decisions, and contributing to the community. Last year, Girls on the Run served more than 4,500 girls in the Kansas City area.