Registration for the Girls on the Run Northeast Ohio spring season opens on Wednesday, February 24 at 9:30 a.m. The program is offered each spring and fall throughout its five counties namely, Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Portage and Summit. Enrollment is limited to 15 girls per team, and financial assistance for registration costs is available.
Girls on the Run Northeast Ohio, in its 20th year, is an affiliated council of Girls on the Run International and is supported by several benefactors. It serves girls in third through eighth grades in Summit, Cuyahoga, Lorain, Portage and Medina counties.
The program inspires girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum that integrates confidence building, community service and physical activity.
“Female adolescence is an especially difficult time period for any girl, no matter her background,” says Robyn Cutler, Director for Girls on the Run Northeast Ohio. “Girls can struggle with life’s challenges, losing sight of who they are or how they fit in. Girls on the Run Northeast Ohio helps girls overcome these challenges. We can help provide the essential tools to embrace their individual strengths and teach them how to make healthy lifestyle decisions.”
Teams begin meeting the week of March 7 for ten weeks. The season then culminates in an untimed 5k for the girls, coaches, family members and community on May 22.
The Girls on the Run program is celebrated nationally, with more than 200 events held across the U.S. “Last fall, we brought together more than 600 girls from five Northeast Ohio counties,” Cutler says. “We look forward to kicking off this spring season and helping to empower another group of amazing young girls.”
For more information or to register a girl for the spring 2016 program, visit www.gotrNEO.org.
