Run, Walk, Get Fit for a Cause
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Pages in this Story:
- Stand Up To Cancer
- AIDS
- Alcoholism
- ALS (Lou Gehrig's)
- Alzheimer's
- Arthritis and Disabilities
- Breast Cancer
- Children's Health
- Crohn's & Colitis
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Diabetes
- Domestic Abuse
- Down Syndrome
- Girl Scouts of America
- Health Education
- Heart Disease
- Kidney and Liver Diseases
- Lupus
- Mental Illness
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Obesity
- Parkinson's Disease
Health Education
Girls on the Run is an international nonprofit organization that provides localized health education and wellness programs to girls ages 8 to 12. During the 10-week program, participants train for a 3.1-mile run/walk event while taking team-building and self-esteem enhancing lessons that encourage healthy habits and an active lifestyle for girls. Girls learn to stretch themselves -- physically, mentally, socially, and emotionally -- and in the process are inspired to a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living. Each local chapter of Girls on the Run hosts two runs each year; the Manhattan chapter had more than 150 participants during its Tulip Trot at Hudson River Park on June 3, 2007.
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