Tag: Girls on the Run
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Potentially historic storms on the horizon did not stop the Fall 5K for Girls On The Run. This year’s race was the biggest yet for the fall season and the inaugural race of the STRIDE running program for boys, as well.
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It’s fall, the school year is kicking into high gear, and Girls On The Run is well into the start of its fall season. This year, according to GOTR program director Jacquie Kippen, more than 900 girls are registered at Y branches and local schools. That’s one of the biggest classes since the program began.…
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Boys get a chance to build their endurance, strength and most importantly, character through a new running program called STRIDE (Success, Teamwork, Respect, Inspiration, Determination, and Excellence of Character) that’s just for them. The program for boys in grades 3-5 kicks off with a 6 p.m. session Monday at the South Oakland YMCA, where parents…
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Asked how the spring season of Girls On The Run has gone, council director Jackie Kippen says “it’s been incredible.” She was expecting about 1000 girls to participate, between sites at YMCA branches and at local schools; instead, more than 1200 signed up. Between the girls, their coaches, and parents and friends who want to…
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Sometimes an interaction can have wide-ranging impact, not only on the people involved but on the community around them. That was the case with Jeff Lambert, president and managing partner of Lambert, Edwards and Associates. The public relations firm recently moved their offices from Troy to the block of Broadway in Downtown Detroit that also…
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Girls On the Run Spring season is just around the corner .To ensure that girls who might not otherwise be able to afford to participate in Girls On The Run can enjoy all the benefits of the program, a team of women is heading up a Crowdrise fundraiser to cover costs at the Boll Family…
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The Girls On The Run team at the Lakeshore Family YMCA had a special visitor to one of their final practices before the big run: Miss Michigan Angela Venditti. She talked with the girls about goal-setting, self-esteem, and resisting peer pressure. And most exciting for the girls on the team, she let them try on…
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Meet new Girls On The Run council director Jackie Kippen. She’s got ties to the Y as a former day camp counselor and now is back after running youth development programs for Clemson University in South Carolina. She’s excited to heading up one of the Y’s most popular youth programs.