Girls on the Run Greater Hartford

Girls on the Run Greater Hartford inspires girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. We were founded in 2016 and serve girls in Hartford, Litchfield, Tolland, New Haven and Fairfield Counties.

Girls on the Run uses running and other physical activities as a platform for teaching life skills and promoting positive social, emotional, and holistic health outcomes for girls in grades 3-8. The curriculum includes lessons developmentally appropriate for 8- to 13-year-old girls. Trained, caring, and qualified coaches deliver the life skills curriculum during out-of-school times by guiding small teams of girls through twice-a-lessons that promote social-emotional learning concurrently with physical activity. The program culminates with girls positively impacting their communities through a service project and completing a celebratory, non-competitive 5K event.