Starting a New Site
Thank you for your interest in empowering Birmingham's girls by starting a Girls on the Run team!
Are you a school, rec center, YMCA, church, or park that wants to host a Girls on the Run team? You’ve come to the right place!
Girls on the Run provides nearly everything needed to deliver the program:
- 10-week fall or spring programs open to girls in grades 3-5 (GOTR) or 6-8 (Heart & Sole)
- Nationally proven Girls on the Run Curriculum
- All necessary program materials and supplies
- Coaches training and certification
- A professionally produced, celebratory 5k that is open to the public each spring
Each program location is required to provide the following:
- A minimum of 2 coaches per team (18 years or older)
- A Site Liaison to:
- ensure effective communication between Girls on the Run Birmingham and host site
- help coordinate program logistics at the site
- An indoor rain site
- Program support and approval from the school principal or site director
- A minimum of 8 girls per team (maximum is 15)
If you think that your school or community center would be a great fit for Girls on the Run programs, please contact:
Nicole Putman, Program Director
256-338-9065
[email protected]