Welcome to Girls on the Run of Ottawa & Allegan Counties -a life-changing, non-profit prevention program for girls in the 3rd through 8th grade.  Our mission is "to educate and prepare girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living." Girls on the Run combines training for a 5K (3.1 miles) running event with healthy living education. Our programs instill self-esteem through health education, life skills development, mentoring relationships, and physical training - all of which are accomplished through an active collaboration with girls and their parents, schools, volunteers, staff, and the community. 

Girls on the Run is a lot more than a running program! It is our goal to help all girls grow into physically, emotionally, mentally and socially healthy women, to dream and achieve goals, and to become contributing members of the community.

Girls on the Run of Ottawa & Allegan Counties is an Affiliate Council of Girls on the Run International, which has a network of 160 locations across the United States and Canada. Girls on the Run of Ottawa & Allegan counties is also an affiliate program of Center for Women in Transition,a non-profit agency that has been assisting women and children with difficult life changes associated with domestic violence an sexual assault for 30 years.