Are you a young girl in third, fourth or fifth grade at Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School? Applications are due Monday, Feb. 25, to join the fun of the 11th season of the Girls On The Run (GOTR) program.
Girls On The Run is more than an after-school program. It’s an empowerment program committed to inspiring young girls to be joyful, healthy and confident. Girls On The Run provides a fun, experience-based curriculum that teaches lasting life lessons while playing running games. It all culminates with a five-kilometer fun run on May 18.
Girls On The Run is a 10-week running program accessible to all girls, regardless of their athletic ability or fitness level. The program envisions a world where every girl knows and activates her limitless potential and is free to boldly pursue her dreams.
Registration closes on Monday, Feb. 25, for girls. You can pick up an application at Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School. Participants also can register online at https://www.gotrgreateralaska.org/. Practices will be from 2:40-4 p.m. on either Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays starting March 4 at the Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School gym.
The Girls On The Run program in Sitka is coordinated by Sitkans Against Family Violence (SAFV). There are similar programs run by local domestic violence prevention agencies and school districts around the state.
Even though the coach recruitment deadline passed on Monday, Feb. 18, the program won’t turn away potential coaches so long as they can attend the mandatory coach training session from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23, at Harrigan Centennial Hall, Room 5.
For more information, contact GOTR coordinator Shadeed Miller at 747-3493 or gotr@safv.org.
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