Girls on the Run of Greater Rochester’s spring season Coach Registration is now open. Girls on the Run is a physical activity-based, positive youth development program that inspires girls in third through eighth grade to be joyful, healthy, and confident. The eight-week program incorporates physical activity to teach critical life skills, encourage personal development, foster meaningful connections with others as well as contribution to the community – activities and skills that are necessary and valuable in both national and personal recovery efforts. Volunteer coaches will utilize a structured curriculum to engage teams of girls in fun, interactive lessons. Teams meet twice a week for 75 to 90 minutes in person or virtually and the program culminates with all teams completing a 5K event.
Girls on the Run of Greater Rochester has served almost 10,000 girls in Monroe, Ontario, Wayne, and Livingston counties since 2010. Volunteers provide critical leadership and the non-profit organization is currently seeking coaches to facilitate the program.
Coaches do not need to be athletes but are required to be a minimum of eighteen years old to serve as an assistant or twenty-one years old to serve as a head coach. All volunteer coaches must complete a background check and attend a virtual training session. One of the program’s coaches from last season said, “It was so rewarding to be part of the girls’ journey to becoming empowered women. And I can’t begin to describe how changed I am as a person by learning the curriculum alongside them.”
For more information about coaching and Girls on the Run of Greater Rochester, visit www.gotrrochester.org/coach.
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