Girls on the Run® is a life-changing, character development program for girls  in 3rd through 8th grade.  Our mission is to educate and prepare girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living.  We inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running.  We use the power of running  to provide girls with the tools to:

• Celebrate their unique self
• Honor their voices
• Recognize their gifts, and
• Activate their personal power

Girls on the Run of Silicon Valley is an independent council of Girls on the Run International, founded in 1996, by Molly Barker, a visionary, Ironman  triathlete. Today, there are over 186 locations across the U.S. & Canada, with new locations added each year.  Girls on the Run combines training for a 5k (3.1 miles) event with healthy living education. We use exercise, positive reinforcement and encouraging role models to help girls discover the confidence they need in those critical pre-teen years and beyond.  Through interactive activities such as running, playing games and discussing important issues, participants learn how to celebrate being their unique and real selves.  Our hope is that every girl believes and can say, "I belong just the way I am." 

Online registration for our Spring 2012 programs is now open!  Please click here to see our list of Spring 2012 Girls on the Run locations and here to see our list of Spring 2012 Girls on Track locations.  To sign up a girl for one of our programs, click HERE. 

This year we are celebrating our 11th year of programs in the Silicon Valley area!  We will have a record 60 sites this year and anticipate 1,300 girls participating in our spring 2012 programs at locations throughout Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties!  If you would like to receive information on our upcoming programs and events, please be sure to sign up for our newsletters!

5k Run registration is also now open!  Please click HERE to visit our 5k page and find the link to register. We are in the process of planning our 2012 Girls on the Run 5k in Vasona Park, Los Gatos and have some exciting new course and venue changes within  the park!  Please be sure to mark your calendars for Saturday, May 19th at 8:00am!  Our 5k page also has pictures and sponsor information from our 2011 event.  If you are interested in becoming a 2012 5k sponsor, please download a sponsorship packet and benefits overview or contact Kathleen Nestler with questions!

Girls on the Run Sponsorship - please join our team! We are proud to announce that Sereno Group has signed on again as our 2012 Program Sponsor!  Chris Trapani and Ryan Iwanaga at Sereno, along with many of the local agents in Los Gatos and Los Altos, have been big supporters of Girls on the Run for many years.  Thanks Sereno!  Please click here to see a list of all our local sponsors and grantors and here if you'd like more information on becoming a sponsor!

We just wrapped up last of our coach training sessions and have over 240 coaches ready to start the 2012 Spring Season!  Thanks to Lakeside School in Los Gatos for allowing us to use the community center for the trainings and to Susan Dias and her team at Verify Group for coming up to do the livescan background checks on all the coaches!  Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company kept everyone awake with their coffee donations and our Team Adelaide veteran coaches did an awesome job assisting with the training.  As always, we are most fortunate to have such wonderful women volunteer their time as Girls on the Run and Girls on Track coaches.  They are excited to work with their teams starting the week of March 5th!

Check out our new Girls on the Run of Silicon Valley DVD to see some great pictures of our program!

Girls on the Run of Silicon Valley was in the news this past spring - check out this link to a great story about GOTR on NBC Bay Area!  There are more great online articles on our GOTR News page, where you can also sign up to join our mailing list and receive our monthly e-newsletters!

Click here to read Ali's weekly blog.  She was one of our 4th grade participants in her second year of Girls on the Run!  We will have several new bloggers this spring so check back in March to read their stories!

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