The document summarizes the Girls on the Run curriculum and program. It discusses that the 10-week curriculum for 3rd through 8th grade girls focuses on unique identity, decision making, and community responsibility. It has reached over 350,000 girls through fun and experience-based lessons integrating running. The program aims to empower girls and help them pursue their limitless potential without limits or constraints. It has experienced significant growth in participating girls and volunteers since starting in 2007 in Mid Michigan.

1. Girls on the Run of Mid Michigan
September 25, 2012

2. Girls on the Run Curriculum
The curriculum incorporates training for
a 5k with lessons that inspire third
through eigth grade girls to develop
essential life skills. The 10 week
curriculum is divided into three parts
that foster healthy growth in each of
these areas:
•Exploring what makes them unique
•Examining good decision-making skills
•Exploring responsibility to the
community
An emphasis is placed on independent
thinking, the importance of making
healthy choices, healthy group dynamics
and problem solving. The curriculum
rejects defeating others and stresses
peer support and doing one’s best.

3. 12 weeks.
24 lessons.
350,000 girls
and counting.
Our Mission
We inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and
confident using a fun, experience-based
curriculum which creatively integrates
running.
Our Vision
We envision a world where every girl
knows and activates her limitless potential
and is free to boldly pursue her dreams.
So what does Girls on the Run do?
One girl put it this way, “I learned that I
am the boss of my brain.” We inspire girls
to know and activate their limitless
potential and to boldly pursue their
dreams. No limits. No constraints. Only
opportunities to be remarkable.

4. Annual Participation and Volunteerism
Our History
600
Volunteers
500 Girls 137
400
In 2007, Dale Espich, President and CEO of
300 76 GetFit! Shiawassee, organized GOTR Shiawassee
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200 413 under the auspices of GetFit! Shiawassee. The
100 13 10 204 237 inaugural season commenced with Deb and
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87 78 Mary coaching 23 girls in Corunna and Owosso.
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By 2011, the program had grown to 137
Fall Spring Fall Spring Spring Spring
2007 2008 2008 2009 2010 2011 volunteers at 16 locations and 19 teams serving
413 girls.
Our objective is to educate and empower girls
2011 Scholarship Information at an early age in order to prevent at-risk
activities, which we define to include
substance/alcohol use, eating disorders, early
onset of sexual activity, sedentary
18% 21%
lifestyle, depression, suicide attempts and
Full Tuition
confrontations with the juvenile judicial system.
Partial Scholarship
61% Full Scholarship
Our 2012 Goals:
•To establish an Advisory Council
•To build a Committee Structure
•To design a Fundraising Program
•To plan for Sustainable Growth & Expansion

5. 7 Districts
Our Participation
The following school districts currently 16 Locations
participate in GOTR Mid Michigan:
•Chesaning 19 Teams
•Corunna
•Laingsburg
•New Lothrop
•Ovid Elsie
•Owosso
•Perry
Current planning includes expanding to
the following districts:
•East Lansing
•Okemos
•Mason

6. How You Can Get Involved
Be a part of a local team:
•Head Coach
•Assistant Coach
Be a part of our Council:
•Site Liaison
•Running Buddy
•Event volunteer
Be a supporter:
•Be a connection
•Donate wish list items
•Donate to our Council

7. I/we would like to support
Name Girls on the Run of Mid-Michigan.
1k Fun Run ($100)
Street Address 5k Runner ($500)
10k Runner ($1000)
Half Marathoner ($2000)
City State Zip
Marathoner ($5000)
Ultra Marathoner ($10000)*
*You will receive a T-shirt and be featured on our race day
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