I'm so excited to be participating in the Crescent City Classic this year as a charity runner, supporting Girls on the Run New Orleans. I proudly ask that you consider supporting young girls across our community through this amazing organization. I completely understand you have many worthy causes to support, but I want to share this opportunity to help out a GREAT program that I am passionate about!
Girls on the Run New Orleans is a local non-profit organization that goes far beyond running. In New Orleans, it serves hundreds of girls each season. Every dollar that we receive in donations helps to deliver this impactful program to local girls by funding scholarships and financial aid for our life-changing program.
Girls on the Run is the only national PA-PYD (physical activity-based positive youth development) program with external evidence of impact in girls. Girls on the Run teaches girls (3rd-8th grade) critical life skills needed for life success, through an experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates physical activity – thus combining social emotional learning, mental well-being, and physical activity. In a typical year we program with over 350 girls throughout 30-40 different sites and schools in our New Orleans community. Our program cultivates the positive benefits of physical activity and movement while, at the same time, consciously addressing harmful habits like negative self-talk, poor self-esteem and more that are prevalent among adolescent girls and detrimental to their mental health. We do all of this to combat certain established realities for young women, including that only 21% of girls believe they have the skills to be successful leaders, physical activity levels in girls decline starting at age 10, and their self-confidence begins to drop by age 9.
It is hard to explain how special this program really is!! Join me as I run the Crescent City Classic to inspire, empower, and motivate young girls throughout New Orleans! Donations truly keep this program alive and are so very appreciated!! Thank you for your consideration.
And remember....Girls on the Run is SO MUCH FUN! 💗🏃♀️
