Welcome to Girls on the Run® Manhattan! GOTR Manhattan is an interactive life-skills program that uses the power of running to change the way girls see themselves and their opportunities! Our innovative health education and wellness program uniquely combines training for a 3.1 mile run/walk event with life-changing, self esteem enhancing lessons that encourage healthy habits and an active lifestyle in 8-13 year old 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!
Are you ready? Our GOTR Spring Season Begins March 19th!!
Interested in Coaching for GOTR this Spring? GOTR NYC is looking for dedicated and responsible volunteers to help grow our program. If you are interested in coaching with GOTR this Spring, please complete and return our Coach Application (click here) to Stefanie Jacobson and we will be in touch with you!
Check out the Great Photos from our GOTR NYC Fall New Balance 5K
Watch the NBC Nightly News"Making a Difference"segment
featuring our very own PS 130 coaches and awesome team of girls!
PROGRAM LOCATIONS...
Esperanza Prep Academy Harlem
Manhattan School for Children (MSC)/PS 333 Upper West Side
PS 134 Lower East Side
Churchill School & Center Murray Hill
Sisulu-Walker Charter School - Fall Harlem
PS 161 Harlem
Harriet Tubman Harlem
PS 110 Lower East Side
PS 198K Brooklyn
Harlem Villages Academy Leadership Charter School(HVAL) - Fall Harlem
PS 130, The Parkside School Brooklyn
PS 199 Upper West Side
Harlem Success Academy Harlem
PS 334 Upper West Side
PS 290/MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL Upper East Side
Booker T. Washington Harlem
Bronx Writing Academy Bronx
PS 340 Bronx
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Do you know a school or location that could benefit from a Girls on the Run program? Let us know! The GOTRM Council is committed to making the program available to more girls throughout the NYC area each year. If Girls on the Run is not in a school or community center in your neighborhood, we can help bring the program to you! Site set-up is minimal and scholarships are available wherever needed. Please contact Christy Policy at cjpolicy@gotrm.org or 917-301-2297 for info.
proud recipient New Balance Foundation Grant Award
Hyde & Watson Grant Award
The goals of Girls on the Run are to empower each girl to:
*Develop a positive self-image* *Respect others and build teamwork* *Assert herself in a healthy manner* *Strive to achieve personal goals* *Improve health and physical fitness* *Have Fun!*
Girls on the Run Manhattan is an Independent Council of Girls on the Run International, which has a network of over 160 locations across the United States and Canada.