Fayette County’s first team of Girls on the Run (GOTR) have completed their 12 week program. The 12-week character building program of experiential learning through running teaches very specific and well-defined social and personal skills. Fayette County’s Timberlake team joined other metro-Atlanta GOTR teams in a non-competitive 5K race event, Sprint for Cancer, at Atlantic Station on Sunday, April 29.

The GOTR curriculum encompasses the following three concepts:

• Weeks 1-4: All About Me...Getting to Know Who I am and What I Stand For!;

• Weeks 5-8: Building My Team...Understanding the Importance of Cooperation;

• Weeks 9-12: Community Begins with Me...Learning About Community and Designing Our Own Community Project.

The Timberlake GOTR team chose the Friday-Johnson Home, a residential group home for children who have been victims of abuse or neglect, as their community project. Each team member put together a gift basket for residents of the home.

The Timberlake GOTR team members are: First row: Sophia Handel, Kelsey Clark, Rachel Thelen and Rachel Clink; Second row: Danielle Slaggert, Madison Paupe, Riley Clark and Rachel Pilato; Back row: Kelley Slaggert, Kayleigh Loftis, Ashley Powers, Olivia Cote and Jennifer and Addison Cook.

Girls on the Run International, www.girlsontherun.org, is a non-profit prevention program that encourages preteen girls to develop self-respect and healthy lifestyles through running. The curricula address all aspects of girls' development. Girls on the Run has two programs: Girls on the Run for third through fifth graders and Girls on Track for sixth through eighth grade girls.

New teams are forming for September. If interested in coaching or participating, please contact gotrfayetteville@bellsouth.net.

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