Mock 5K!

After starting off the week by talking about how to choose good friends, people who will build you up and accept you for who you are, (a VERY important conversation for girls this age!), the Fiery Foxes successfully ran their Mock 5K!!  Thanks so much to everyone who came out to run with us and support us!  We are SO proud of the girls for working hard, trying their best, and having fun while doing it :)  Check out some of the pictures from our big day!  

Be Strong.

Last week in Girls on the Run we faced some important issues: gossiping and bullying.  Not only did we have some good conversations about what both of these things can look like, but we learned strategies for dealing with them and how to stand up for ourselves in a positive way.  As a Girl on the Run, we emphasized the importance of standing up for yourself and being strong, but not getting pulled into these behaviors.  The girls learned about the harmful effects of gossiping, and how they can put a stop to it by using our SBLR strategy.  They also talked about the different types of bullying: physical, social/emotional, and verbal; and how to use this same strategy in a different kind of situation.  To balance out some of these big conversations, we had a fun scavenger hunt on Monday :)  Be sure to check out your parent guide and ask your Girl on the Run about what we discussed!

R-E-S-P. . .O-N-D!

How do you respond to the important things in life?  Our responses in life, to the words people say and the things they do, can be critical; as many of our girls are learning firsthand.  This is why our topics last week were SO important, as we spent time talking about peer pressure and standing up for yourself.  The girls not only had some great discussions about what peer pressure is and ways that they may experience it, but they learned a strategy for how to deal with it... make sure to ask your Girl on the Run about SBLR!  We also talked about how to be strong and assertive as we used four key phrases that will enable the girls to express what they are feeling and stand up for themselves.  Emotions ran high during our practice activity, giving the girls a great opportunity to utilize their four key phrases!