Student Recognition

Girls on the Run South Georgia recently recognized Madison for writing an outstanding essay to close out Fall Season ‘23. Her essay detailed how participating in the program inspired her to be more joyful, healthy and confident, allowing her star power to shine!

“Madison’s essay demonstrates the life changing lessons that our girls learn each season. In addition to teaching girls how to be joyful, healthy and confident, we teach girls the value of setting and achieving goals,” said Mary Crawford, Executive Director, Girls on the Run South Georgia. “We are proud of Madison and all the girls that participated with Girls on the Run South Georgia this fall.”

Girls on the Run is a nationally known physical activity-based, positive youth development program that uses fun running games and dynamic discussions to teach life skills to girls in 3rd - 8th grades. During the 10-week program, girls participate in lessons that foster confidence, build peer connections and encourage community service while they prepare for the end-of-season celebratory 5K event.

To learn more about Girls on the Run South Georgia, contact Mary Crawford at mary.crawford@girlsontherun.org