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Date: 6/14/2023
SPRINGFIELD — Girls on the Run of Western Massachusetts hosted its end-of-the-season 5K at Western New England University on June 3, celebrating the work and effort put in by 1,030 participants at 75 different sites throughout the region during the spring session. Girls on the Run is a physical activity-based, positive youth development program that uses running games and dynamic discussions to teach life skills to girls in third through eighth grade. During the 10-week program, girls participated in lessons that foster confidence, build peer connections and encourage community service while they prepared for the end-of-season celebratory event that drew upwards of 4,000 people.