New Program Coordinator
We are very excited and pleased to welcome the newest member to our Girls on the Run team, Bryanna Boone! Bryanna joins Angela Wagner, as Program Coordinator. With a background and experience in college admissions, she brings a diverse range of skills and will definitely be an asset to our organization. Bryanna has three young daughters, one of whom is participating in the upcoming season of Girls on the Run! Join me in giving a big GOTR Energy Award to Bryanna!
She can be reached by email: bryanna@capareagirlsontherun.org or by calling 717.763.4879.
Fall 2014 Participant Registration Opens August 1st!
Teams are limited to 15 girls, and participants will be selected using a lottery system. Click Fall 2014 team list August 28 to see our list of participating schools and to register your daughter or loved one.
Deadline for Fall 2014 Team Registration extended to June 30th!
Because this is an extremely busy time at the end of the school year, we want to give all potential teams some additional time to register for the Fall 2014 season. The deadline for team applications will be extended until June 30th. If you are interested, please see the “Host a Team” page under the “Get Involved” tab. If you have any questions, please contact Angela Wagner at angela@capareagirlsontherun.org.
Fall 2014 Team Registration Deadline - June 1st!
June 1st is the deadline to register a team for the Fall 2014 season! For more information, please contact Angela Wagner, Program Coordinator, at angela@capareagirlsontherun.org.
Register for the 2014 Spring 5K
Online registration is now closed!
This unique, family friendly 5K is open to the public! We hope you will join our girls as we celebrate the end of our Spring 2014 season on May 17th! Features:
- Safe, paved, mostly flat course on the scenic Milton Hershey School campus
- Chip timed
- Age group awards
- Strollers and walkers welcome. (Sorry, no pets.)
All proceeds benefit Capital Area Girls on the Run, allowing us to continue improving and expanding our transformational after school program for 3rd-8th grade girls in Dauphin and Cumberland Counties.
Spring 2014 Team Registration Closed. Participant Registration Opens Feb. 5th!
We are so excited to announce that our Spring 2014 roster of teams is full and includes 36 teams at 33 partner schools! Click here to see a full list of participating schools. (Don’t see your school listed? Consider forming a team for the Fall 2014 season; visit our Host a Team page for more information.)
Interested in registering your daughter or loved one? Participant registration opens on February 5th at www.capareagirlsontherun.org/spring2014reg. Teams are limited to 15 girls and are formed on a first come, first served basis.
Spring 2013 team at Highland Elementary in West Shore School District
Service Projects Impacting the Local Community and Beyond!
We are so proud of the 28 different community service projects our teams planned and implemented at the end of the Fall 2013 season! This is an integral part of the GOTR curriculum, helping our participants recognize the importance of giving back and showing them how good it feels! Here are some examples of the many wonderful projects that impacted not only the local community but also people across the globe.
Three teams partnered with our sponsor Econ Wealth Management to help the business collect Christmas toys for needy children at The Silence of Mary Home, a shelter for the chronically poor in Harrisburg (https://www.thesilenceofmary.org/). This is an annual project for Econ Wealth Management staff and clients, and they collected more toys than ever this year with the help of GOTR:
- East Hanover Elementary and Linglestown Elementary - collected dozens of toys from students, faculty, and staff members
- Mountain View Elementary - held a charity run to purchase additional toys for The Silence of Mary Home. The girls raised $142.50 by running laps during their workout.
Three of our teams cheered up sick children at Penn State Hershey Medical Center with handmade crafts:
- Hershey Elementary B (Tues/Thurs) made headbands and cards.
- Northside Elementary (Mechanicsburg) made Rainbow Loom bracelets, cards, and pictures.
- Tri-Community Elementary made Christmas decorations and cards.
Crossroads Middle School packed craft kits for Caitlin’s Smiles, an organization that helps children facing serious illnesses by providing them with fun and creative art experiences.
Fishing Creek Elementary collected needed items for Molly’s Place Animal Rescue. The girls also assembled goodie bags to be sent home with the pet’s new family when adopted.
Hershey Elementary A (Mon/Wed) held a bake sale to benefit Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, an organization dedicated to eradicating childhood cancer. The girls were inspired by a classmate who was diagnosed with cancer at three years old and beat the illness. The team raised $295.06.
Hershey Middle School designed cards with encouraging words and images. The cards were given to soldiers currently serving and to cancer patients at Penn State Hershey Medical Center.
Iron Forge Educational Center continued growing their pen-pal relationship with students in Sendai, Japan by sending cards and holiday care packages. This region of Japan was devastated by the powerful Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
New Cumberland Middle School participated in a charity walk to benefit breast cancer research. They also make thank you cards for our council.
Below: Children in Sendai, Japan, a region demolished by the Tohoku earthquake/tsunami, will have a happier holiday thanks to a Christmas care package from our Iron Forge team!
Radio interview about CAGOTR featured on 8 regional stations!
The morning of Sunday, October 20th, an interview with CAGOTR staff will be featured on 8 regional radio stations including BOB 94.9 and KISS 99.3 at 7:30 a.m. and The Ticket 1460 AM at 8:30 a.m. Click here to listen to the podcast! THANk YOU to Sylvia Maus and Clear Channel Communications for this opportunity to bring awareness to our cause!!!
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