~Girls on the Run, Coastal South Carolina~~
Hi Community, and happy greetings! I hope you and your family are doing well. The current post will be dedicated to the organization Girls on the Run Coastal South Carolina for which I was proudly select as one of the Members of the Board. I received the news last week, from Ms. Paige Hauff, that the Board had voted in favor of me to be a member of the Board. One of the best Christmas Gifts and a blessing to be participating and engaging the community in support of our Girls and future leaders. As this is a starting of a new chapter as a professional and for non-for-profit, I want to kick off with our fundraising campaign and promote what Girls on the Run do.
~What we Do~
At Girls on the Run, we inspire ALL girls to build confidence and make intentional decisions while fostering care and compassion for themselves and others. Trained coaches use physical activity and dynamic discussions to build social, emotional, and physical skills in every girl while encouraging healthy habits for life.
~Why it Matters~
At Girls on the Run, we inspire ALL girls to build confidence and make intentional decisions while fostering care and compassion for themselves and others. Trained coaches use physical activity and dynamic discussions to build social, emotional, and physical skills in every girl while encouraging healthy habits for life.
We believe that EVERY GIRL is inherently FULL OF POWER and POTENTIAL. By knowing they are the leaders of their lives, these are the girls who WILL CHANGE THE WORLD.
~~What Girls Learn~~
a. Confidence: Lessons are designed to build girls' self-worth and help them feel greater confidence in who they are. Activities help girls recognize their personal strengths and teach them how to stand up for themselves and others.
b. Character: By gaining awareness of the power they possess to make intentional decisions, girls learn to choose positive actions which demonstrate respect and responsibility towards themselves and others.
c. Connections: Girls on the Run lessons focus on cooperative skills and team building through a positive group setting. Girls learn firsthand how to create positive connections with parents and caregivers, teachers, peers, and their communities.
d. Care: Throughout each season, girls learn to respond to others and themselves with care and compassion. Lessons and activities further develop their abilities to sympathize and empathize both within and beyond their social groups.
e. Competence: Our program provides skill-building experiences to nurture girls' physical, social and emotional competencies that they apply in other areas of their lives such as home, school, and in the neighborhood. Completing a 5K at the end of the season gives them a tangible opportunity to apply all that they have learned.
~Contribution~
When girls develop and strengthen these life skills, they can thrive. More importantly, they can then develop a final skill: CONTRIBUTION. Girls on the Run inspires girls to build lives of purpose and to make a meaningful contribution to the community and society. This comes to life through a key element of the curricula when each team creates and executes a community service project.
~Program Evaluations~
Girls on the Run is the only national physical activity-based positive youth development program for girls with compelling evidence of program impact.
An independent study led by Dr. Maureen Weiss, University of Minnesota, evaluated the impact of Girls on the Run on positive youth development. The findings provide strong evidence that Girls on the Run is effective in promoting season-long and lasting change in competence, confidence, connection, character, caring, physical activity, and life skills. In addition, Girls on the Run makes a stronger impact than organized sports and physical education programs in teaching life skills such as managing emotions, resolving conflict, helping others, and making intentional decisions.
Please to learn more about our organization, refer to the link:
https://www.gotrcoastalsouthcarolina.org/fundraiser/Lymari-s-Girls-on-the-Run-Coastal-South-Carolina
