Welcome to Girls on the Run of Lancaster

Girls on the Run® is a life-changing, character development program for girls in 3rd through 8th grade.  Our mission is to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running.

We use the power of running to provide girls with the tools to:

  • Celebrate their bodies
  • Honor their voices
  • Recognize their gifts, and
  • Activate their personal power

Girls on the Run Lancaster is an independent council of Girls on the Run International, founded in 1996, by Molly Barker, a visionary, Ironman triathlete. Today, there are over 186 locations across the U.S. & Canada, with new locations added each year.  Girls on the Run combines training for a 5k (3.1 miles) event with healthy living education. We use exercise, positive reinforcement, and encouraging role models to help girls discover the confidence they need in those critical pre-teen years and beyond. Through interactive activities such as running, playing games and discussing important issues, participants learn how to celebrate being their unique and real selves. Our hope is that every girl believes and can say, “I belong just the way I am.”

Our Lancaster outcomes include significant improvement in the following areas:

  • girls’ self-esteem
  • attitude towards physical activity
  • body image.

 

What’s Happening

Register for the Spring 2012 5k at Franklin & Marshall College! Online registration closes on Wednesday, May 16th at 7pm!
Registration will also be open from 4:30 – 7:30 PM on Friday, May 18th at Mayser Gymnasium AND the morning of the race.

Date:  May 19th, 2012, 10:00 am
Where:  Franklin & Marshall College
* If you would like to be a running buddy for one of our 460 GOTR/GOT participants this season,
email Jennifer West for more information.

GOTR Lancaster is one of Fig Lancaster’s 2012 Social Mission Partners!

 

We are now accepting applications for Fall 2012 Coaches!

Click here to learn more.

 

Shop Girls on the Run

Click here to visit our online shop and order GOTR Gear!

 

February 1st, 6:00 am Registration Begins
March 5th Spring Season Begins
May 19th, 10:00 am New Balance Girls on the Run 5k at F&M College*open to the community

A special thank you to Stacey Fitzpatrick Photography for being a Presenting Sponsor for Girls on the Run of Lancaster!

http://www.staceyfitzpatrick.com/

 

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Girls on the Run of Lancaster is a non-profit organization whose mission is to use the power of running to educate and prepare girls in 3rd through 8th grades for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living. Girls on the Run combines training for a 5K (3.1 miles) running event with a whole person approach:  physical, emotional, mental and social.  Our programs instill self-esteem through health education, life skills development, mentoring relationships and physical training–all of which are accomplished through an active collaboration with girls and their parents, schools, volunteers, staff and the community.

 

GOTR of Lancaster Privacy and Cancellation Policy

Carrie Johnson
Executive Director
cjohnson@gotrlancaster.org
Ph. 717-330-7893		 Jennifer West
Program Director
jwest@gotrlancaster.org
Ph. 717-629-6329
Lori Kapferer
SoleMates/5k Coordinator
solemates@gotrlancaster.org		 Diane Bounds
Website Coordinator
diane.bounds@girlsontherun.org