Girls on the Run Coach Helps Her Community

Girls on the Run® is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to creating a world where every girl knows and activates her limitless potential and is free to boldly pursue her dreams.

Meeting twice a week in small teams, we teach life skills through dynamic, interactive lessons and running games. The curriculum is taught by certified Girls on the Run coaches and includes three parts: understanding ourselves, valuing relationships and teamwork and understanding how we connect with and shape the world at large.

Running is used to inspire and motivate girls, encourage lifelong health and fitness, and build confidence through accomplishment. Important social, psychological, and physical skills and abilities are developed and reinforced throughout the program. At each season's conclusion, the girls and their running buddies complete a 5K running event which gives them a tangible sense of achievement as well as a framework for setting and achieving life goals. The result-making the seemingly impossible, possible, and teaching girls that they can.

Girls on the Run Coach Helps Her Community

By: Girls on the Run of Northwest Indiana Last Updated: May 3, 2017

Girls on the Run board member, Barbara Muckel, takes action and brings Xcel2fitnes to Northwest Indiana. Muckel is a GOTR coach and has been a member for 10 seasons. She shares the moment when inspiration struck her one night while browsing her...

Girls on the Run of NWI Celebrates a Successful Sneaker Soiree

By: Girls on the Run of Northwest Indiana Last Updated: March 27, 2017

One by one guests filed in the Wicker Park Social Center on Indianapolis Blvd, with smiles on their faces and gym shoes on their feet. The border of the room displayed tables filled with a variety of raffle prizes from jewelry to Disney tickets and...

Girls on the Run of NWI Celebrates 10 Years with their Inaugural Sneaker Soiree

By: Girls on the Run of Northwest Indiana Last Updated: February 22, 2017

Girls on the Run of Northwest Indiana is excited to celebrate their 10-year anniversary with the communities of Northwest Indiana on Saturday, March 11 at Wicker Park Social Center, 8554 Indianapolis Blvd, Highland, IN. This will be the first Sneaker...

Girls on the Run of NWI Helps Young Girls Stay on the Right Path

By: Caitlin Vanlaningham Last Updated: April 24, 2015

Young ladies from all over the region are lacing up their shoes and getting in on Girls on the Run. We women like to move, and getting moving early on in life is a super smart decision. Girls on the Run is a character building program for girls in...

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