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Girls on the Run Western Massachusetts has now served more than 10,000 young participants.
“Schools don’t have time to do the social- emotional piece. So
I feel like their kids are really getting it from this” curriculum.
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making sure it’s meeting the needs of kids today,” she said. “We know there’s a mental-health crisis with kids, so they make sure the curriculum deals with issues that are very relevant to what’s going on.
“The overarching goal is to increase confidence and have
kids realize that they can do things that they didn’t think were possible,” she added. “So, yes, that’s the 5K at the end, but to me, the overarching goals are, how can I be a better friend? How can I communicate more effectively? How can I stand up for myself and others?”
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Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire counties. The national Girls on the Run organization was formed in 1996 and has since reached more than 2 million girls, with at least one council in every state; three call Massachusetts home.
The national curriculum gets updated regularly to meet the needs of where girls are right now, Berman told BusinessWest.
“A lot of stuff has evolved around diversity, equity, and inclusion, and in terms of mobility issues, disability, and then just streamlining the curriculum so that it’s easier for coaches also to deliver, but also
For helping girls answer those
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