Need Volunteer to help start Girls on the Run program at Irvington!

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Briggy Thomas

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Oct 19, 2019, 4:18:46 PM10/19/19

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Hello Irvington! We have a great opportunity to get a Girls on the Run team up and running at Irvington! I was contacted by Deborah Pleva, a parent who got a team started at Sabin and loved it so much that she is now on the Board of Directors for Girls on the Run and helping to get teams going at Tubman and all the other Tubman feeder schools. She is willing to help guide Irvington in the process if we can find someone to be the site liaison.

Please read the below message from Deborah to learn more....and contact her if you would like to help get this great program started at Irvington!

Haven’t heard of Girls on the Run? This program provides a safe and interactive way for girls to learn about healthy living which includes an introduction and education on important topics such as goal-setting, cooperation, healthy decision-making, and self-respect, while training for a 5K event. More than 1000 girls in Portland took part last spring. Here’s an overview of the 3rd to 5th Grade Program <https://www.girlsontherun.org/What-We-Do/3rd-5th-Grade-Program>

and of the Middle School Program <https://www.girlsontherun.org/What-We-Do/6th-8th-Grade-Program>. (There is a middle school team starting up at Tubman!)

The first step to bringing the program to your school is recruiting a site liaison, someone at the school who can help coordinate logistics at the beginning of the season. Sometimes it’s a parent, a class teacher, an administrator, a counselor, a PE teacher, an after-school program coordinator, etc. S/he would also help recruit coaches and participants. Would you be interested in this role? Or do you know people that might be a good site liaison? If so, contact me, Deborah Pleva, at deb....@girlsontherun.org<mailto:deb....@girlsontherun.org>. I have participated in Girls on the Run as the parent of a participant, as a coach, a as a site liaison this spring at Sabin. I also serve on the national board of directors as a volunteer. After experiencing the program and all it has to offer, I am excited to introduce it to as many girls as possible. My goal is to get all teams started at all four Tubman feeder schools. I would love to help you start a team at Irvington!