Girls on the Run Southeast Tennessee

Girls on the Run provides a physical activity-based positive youth development program (PA-PYD) designed to build life skills and foster confidence, resilience, and healthy decision-making.

• Empowering Curriculum: Our research-backed 20-lesson curriculum integrates training for a 5k (3.1-mile) running event with discussions, team-building activities, and workouts. Themes include understanding oneself, valuing relationships, and exploring how we shape and connect with the world.
• Life Skills Development: Participants learn critical skills such as positive self-assertion, effective communication, resisting peer pressure, and countering harmful media messages.
• Community Impact: Through interactive sessions, girls build character, improve peer and adult connections, and develop a sense of contribution to their community.
• Positive Outcomes: Research shows that Girls on the Run participants experience higher self-esteem, improved body image, healthier attitudes toward eating, and increased physical activity. They also develop a supportive peer group and positive role models.

Girls on the Run equips young girls with the tools they need to navigate life confidently, compassionately, and with a strong sense of self-worth. Together, we inspire girls to be joyful, healthy, and bold.