Creating a Community of Girls
One of the best ways to get women involved in communities that make a difference is to begin to involve them in these initiatives while they are still girls. That is the approach Molly Barker has taken in creating Girls on the Run.
Molly has always loved to run. From childhood on, running has provided her with a sense of peace and given her a freedom she didn’t have in other aspects of her life. Driven by a vision to share this experience, she decided to build a national community for girls based on running. Beyond just the physical aspect of running, however, Molly wanted to help girls become comfortable and self-accepting, while enabling them to understand the new pressures they were experiencing in life and ...
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