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Causes: Children & Youth, Youth Development Programs
Mission: We inspire girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident use a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. We envision a world where every girl knows and activates her limitless potential and is free to boldly pursue her dreams.
Target demographics: girls in grades 3-8 activate their limitless potential
Direct beneficiaries per year: 571 local girls in 2014-2015. This year (2015-2016) we anticipate serving nearly 620 local girls.
Geographic areas served: Benton, Franklin, and Walla Walla counties in Southeast Washington State
Programs: Girls on the Run for elementary school girls, and Heart & Sole for middle school girls. Both programs run for 10 weeks in the fall and spring. Teams of 8-15 girls meet twice weekly with volunteer coaches and train for a 5k while simultaneously learning character development lessons.