GOTR Spring 5k

On Saturday Leah and I attended the Girls on the Run 5k to participate in the Gamma Phi's cheer station.  I can't say enough good things about Girls on the Run and how much fun it is to participate in something like this.  While I haven't been involved with GOTR personally (other than participating in the cheer station) it is an organization that I love!  The concept of it is to help girls in 3rd-8th grade develop skills and confidence to help them in their everyday life.  The girls meet once a week for twelve weeks and build up to running a 5k race.  For more info about Girls on the Run go here.

Gamma Phi Beta's International Philanthropy is "Building Strong Girls" and one of our partners is Girls on the Run.  One of the things the St. Louis women (both the collegians and the alumnae) do to support GOTR is to host a cheer station for the girls along the 5k race.  It is so neat and inspirational to see all the girls run by with their support systems (coaches, moms, dads, siblings, etc), the softie in me teared up several times during the race.  I could go on and on about Girls on the Run and how it fits with so many of my passions: teaching, running, building confidence in young girls, Gamma Phi, but I won't, I'll just tell you, if you ever have a chance to attend a Girls on the Run 5k event do it, I promise you won't regret it!

 If you couldn't tell, the theme of our cheer station was Pink!