http://www.girlsontherun.org/

How Girls on the Run Began                     learn. dream. live. run.™

Girls on the Run® was established in 1996 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Girls on the Run® curricula, the heart of the program, provides pre-adolescent girls with the necessary tools to embrace their individual strengths and successfully navigate life experiences. The earliest version of the 24­ lesson curriculum was piloted in 1996 with the help of thirteen brave girls. Twenty-six girls came the next season, then seventy-five. In 2000, Girls on the Run International, a 501c3 organization was born.

With the help of over 120,000 volunteers, the Girls on the Run program is now serving over 150,000 girls in 200+ communities across North America each year. 

We believe that every girl  
can embrace who she is,
can define who she wants to be,
can rise to any challenge,
can change the world.
Can.