Girls on the Run of Southeast Tennessee

Established in 2011, Girls on the Run of Southeast Tennessee is a 501©3 local and independent branch of Girls on the Run International, which has a network of hundreds of locations across the United States and has served over one million girls throughout its history. We are proud to serve over 100 girls annually in grades 3-8 within Hamilton, Bradley and Polk Counties, including girls from low-income backgrounds who require financial assistance to participate.

Girls on the Run inspires girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum that creatively integrates running. Girls on the Run is a physical activity-based positive youth development program designed to enhance girls’ social, psychological, and physical skills and behaviors to successfully navigate life experiences. The program’s intentional curriculum places an emphasis on the development of competence, confidence, connection, character, caring, and contribution in young girls. Trained, caring, and qualified coaches deliver the life skills curriculum during out-of-school times by guiding small teams of girls through twice-a-week lessons that promote social-emotional learning concurrently with physical activity. The 10-week program culminates with girls positively impacting their communities through a service project and completing a celebratory, non-competitive 5K event.