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Archive for October 2010

Secret Essay Winner (6th-8th grader)

Posted by: gotrmc on: October 4, 2010

Why are you running, Lillie? Anxiety is grey, the color of a terrible weight.         But before the starting gun I have orange energy. Sadness is the sight of dark clouds, hovering when I am alone.         But when I run, the sky clears and the wind is in my hair. Stress is the sound [...]

   Girls on the Run has taught me many valuable lessons over the years I have been enrolled in the program.  One of these life lessons is how to be “out of the box.”    Before I joined Girls on the Run, I was a girl who tried to blend in with the “in crowd”. [...]

Fall 2010 Secret Deodarant Essay Contest begins this week!!

Posted by: gotrmc on: October 4, 2010

The 3rd annual Secret Essay contest is kicking off this with a new essay question! Previously offered in spring only, Secret will host a fall AND spring contest this year in an effort to encourage more fall participants to participate.   The new question for fall 2010 and spring 2011 is…drum roll, please…   Secret [...]

Spring 2011 Season

Posted by: gotrmc on: October 4, 2010

Site applications and Volunteer/Coach paperwork being accepted now. Deadline is November 11, 2011. If you have any questions, please contact the Council Director, (602)795-6572, councildirector@gotrmc.org.

Comments from a parent, 9/3/10

Posted by: gotrmc on: October 4, 2010

To Whom It May Concern,     My daughter, Sophia, now a 5th grade student at —– Elementary School had the unique privilege to participate in the Girls on the Run program last year. It was not only an eye opening experience for my daughter, but for myself. I watched my daughter blossom from a little [...]


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