{"id":2866,"date":"2016-12-22T11:01:37","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T16:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=2866"},"modified":"2016-12-22T11:01:37","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T16:01:37","slug":"girls-run-celebrates-end-season-5k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/first-coast\/girls-run-celebrates-end-season-5k\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls on the Run celebrates end of season with 5k"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By NewsLine Staff<\/em><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"mailto:mail@floridanewsline.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mail@floridanewsline.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Saturday, Dec. 3, Girls on the Run of Northeast Florida hosted more than 3,500 Girls on the Run participants, community runners and spectators at its 24<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> semi-annual celebratory end of season 5k at the University of North Florida. <\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 5k is an untimed fun run for more than 900 Girls on the Run participants from almost 60 schools and community sites throughout Northeast Florida. Celebrating with participants were more than 200 volunteer coaches, 120 event volunteers and more than 800 running buddies, which are community runners and family members that encourage and run alongside each girl.Thousands of family members and friends also attended to spectate and cheer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Girls on the Run is a positive youth development non-profit program that uses activity-based lessons to teach life skills to girls in third to eighth grade. During the 10-week program, the lessons foster confidence, build peer connections and encourage community service, while preparing participants for the celebratory end of season 5k.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSince 2004, we have positively impacted the lives of more than 12,000 girls,\u201d said Executive Director of Girls on the Run of Northeast Florida Laura Lasko. \u201cGirls today sort through countless messages about their worth, their image and their abilities. Girls on the Run helps empower them to be the authors of their own stories and culminates with our End of Season 5k. Girls gain new friends, more self-confidence and an unmistakable sense of accomplishment that is amazing to watch as they crossed the finish line.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMy favorite thing about the race was finishing because my family was watching me and cheering me on,\u201d said Girls on the Run participant Lavin Savage, after completing the 3.1 mile course and 10-week program. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sherry Warner, a Girls on the Run 5k committee member and parent of Girls on the Run participants, said her favorite experience is also at the end of the season 5k.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI loved watching everyone cheer for their teammates\u00a0and girls from other teams that they don\u2019t even know,\u00a0as they feel as sense of connection with\u00a0everyone who\u00a0has worked all season towards the same goal,\u201d Warner said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nemours Children\u2019s Specialty Care of Jacksonville sponsored this event and provided medical services. Girls on the Run is in need of additional sponsorships for its next celebratory end of season 5k on April 29, 2017, as well as donations that fund its scholarship program. Scholarships allow girls who need financial assistance to participate in the program and are provided for approximately half of all participants, which accounted for 420 girls this season. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Visit www.gotrnefl.org for more information about becoming a sponsor or donating.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photo courtesy Girls on the Run<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By NewsLine Staff mail@floridanewsline.com On Saturday, Dec. 3, Girls on the Run of Northeast Florida hosted more than 3,500 Girls on the Run participants, community runners and spectators at its 24th semi-annual celebratory end of season 5k at the University of North Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-first-coast"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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