CHARLOTTE, N.C. — “Girls on the Run” was an organization born nearly three decades ago, emerging from the chaos of one Charlotte woman’s life.
It started slowly, with 13 third- and fourth-grade girls later joining that woman to learn about running and life skills in 1996 on a dirt track at Charlotte Country Day School.
But for the past 27 years, “Girls on the Run” has picked up incredible speed. And as we celebrated “National Girls & Women in Sports Day” on Feb. 1, we also need to celebrate a once-local organization that has now served more than 2 million girls in all 50 states (plus Canada) through its programming, allowing them to gain confidence and leadership skills while exulting in both the outdoors and each other.
