Girls on the Run Delaware
Girls on the Run Delaware delivers two life-changing character development programs for girls in 3rd through 8th grades. Our mission is to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident, using a fun, experience- based curriculum which creatively integrates running. The Girls on the Run program inspires participants to recognize their inner strength, increase their level of physical activity, imagine their possibilities, and confidently stand up for themselves and others.
About Girls on the Run Delaware
Mission: Girls on the Run Delaware delivers two life-changing character development programs for girls in 3rd through 8th grades. Our mission is to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident, using a fun, experience- based curriculum which creatively integrates running. The Girls on the Run program inspires participants to recognize their inner strength, increase their level of physical activity, imagine their possibilities, and confidently stand up for themselves and others.
Our programs, for 3rd through 8th grade girls, meet after school, twice a week, for 10 weeks. Each year, our programs are offered statewide in the spring and fall. Our innovative program combines training for a 5K with interactive lessons that encourage positive emotional, social, mental and physical development. The program culminates with girls positively impacting their communities through a service project and completing a celebratory, non-competitive 5K event that provides girls with a tangible understanding of the confidence that comes through accomplishment and a framework for setting and achieving life goals.
Our program has grown tremendously! Since our inception in 2005, we have served 28,034 girls on 1,503 teams from 105 schools and community centers throughout Delaware. Our program has emerged as one of the most effective Positive Youth Development Programs for girls in Delaware. While continuing our impressive presence in New Castle County, we are very proud of our incredible growth downstate where we continue to host an ever-increasing number of programs in Kent and Sussex Counties.
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Our program has grown tremendously! Since our inception in 2005, we have served 28,034 girls on 1,503 teams from 105 schools and community centers throughout Delaware. Our program has emerged as one of the most effective Positive Youth Development Programs for girls in Delaware. While continuing our impressive presence in New Castle County, we are very proud of our incredible growth downstate where we continue to host an ever-increasing number of programs in Kent and Sussex Counties.
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
One of the most unique aspects of Girls on the Run Delaware is our outreach to serve girls from low to moderate income families statewide. In order to fund these lower income families, we rely on generous grants, corporate sponsorships, and individual donations to underwrite the cost of our program fee for our underserved girls. Our objective is to make our program available to all girls throughout the state and to deliver our curriculum to all girls regardless of their families ability to pay the program fee. Over 65% of our participants receive a partial or full scholarship to participate in our program each season. In 2023 alone, we provided 1,508 girls over $192,380 in scholarship funding. We have never turned away a girl for their inability to pay.
IDEA STATEMENT
IDEA STATEMENT
At Girls on the Run, our core values guide our way and we stand firm in our long-standing commitment to building a world where every person can know and activate their limitless potential, We value the dignity and humanity in all people and are dedicated to being an inclusive, diverse, equitable and accessible organization.
County Served: Kent; New Castle; Sussex
Office Location(s): Wilmington
Sector: Kids; Recreation & Sports; Volunteerism