Girls on the Run of Montgomery County, MD improves the well-being of all girls across Montgomery County, MD through our physical activity based positive youth development (PA-PYD) program. Dynamic lessons instill valuable life skills, including the important connection between physical and emotional health, allowing GOTR to make a stronger impact than organized sports and physical education in teaching life skills like managing emotions, resolving conflict, helping others, and making intentional decisions with lasting impact in our community through positive social, emotional, and physical health outcomes.

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Trained coaches foster a safe, caring environment and deliver the program across 100 sites, comprised of public, private, and parochial, community centers, and other sites. Positive health outcomes extend to caregivers, coaches, and the community, with engaging activities that support participants.

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Programming culminates with participants positively impacting the community through a service project and completing a celebratory, non-competitive 5K, by which girls apply the life skills learned in the program and gain a critical sense of confidence through accomplishment.

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GOTR remains steadfast in serving our whole community and removes barriers to participation, financial and otherwise. With focus on effort and personal improvement, participants of all abilities build their emotional and physical capacity. GOTR is committed to ensuring that lessons remain relevant to things currently impacting girls and offers a culturally responsive framework, ensuring the program experience is reflective of diverse participants. The curriculum provides space for girls to connect lessons to their contexts and share what matters most. Coaches use inclusive language and examples and scenarios that are relevant to their teams.