Welcome

UPDATE: King's Daughters' Hospital will not be holding a Fall 2011 session for Girls on the Run. We are hopeful that this important program will continue in the Spring of 2012. If you have an interest in being part of the program, please contact Nadja Boone, Director of Marketing/Community Relations at King's Daughters' Hospital, at 812.265.0128. You may also reach her at boone@kdhhs.org. Thank you for your past support of Girls on the Run in Madison.

Welcome to Girls on the Run of King's Daughters' Hospital—a life-changing, non-profit prevention program for girls in the 3rd through 5th grades. 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) mile 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 of King's Daughters' Hospital is an Affiliate Council of Girls on the Run International, which as a network of 150 locations across the United States and Canada.