Girls On The (Virtual) Run

Girls on the Run St. Louis is a big part of what I do for my program, it just looks a little different this fall! I have been a Girl on the Run since I did the program myself in 5th grade, a spring volunteer for the program for 4 years, and a fall season coach for them now for 3 years. This year I bumped up my coaching category to be a full Lead Coach and I am loving it. I have been coaching since the beginning of the season in September every week, 2 meetings a week.

Even though the meetings are virtual because of Covid, we are still getting to interact with girls from multiple schools which is also something different because usually we only get to have girls from a single school on our team at one time! I feel like this way I am getting to make a difference in lots of places in one season so I really like that.

I love being the leader in teaching the lessons. This week we talked about Community. Soon we will wrap up the season with our Virtual 5k and I am proud that even though we are not together in person, we have still found a way to bring the program to these girls and are connecting with them in a meaningful way. I love hearing their little voices and seeing them doing their exercises in all their little Zoom squares and I will put more videos and pictures in the comments !! #valYOUable