The Girls on the Run objective is to reduce the potential display of at-risk activities among its participants. The goal is fewer adolescent pregnancies and eating disorders, less depression and suicide attempts, as well as fewer substance/alcohol abuse problems and confrontations with the juvenile justice system.
The Girls on the Run vision is to:
• Support a network of Girls on the Run sites across the country
• Provide quality and life-changing programming for girls and women, and to provide quality and life-changing experiences to the women involved in the delivery and development of the program as well
• Support an intensive, nationwide, media campaign that will provide positive, healthy images of girls and women
• Promote an environment that allows girls and women to reach their full potential
• To constantly strive to improve itself by staying open-minded, trusting and flexible, even in the business world
• Enhance the lives of all involved in the program
• Influence literally hundreds of thousands of girls and women in the next 30 years by establishing Girls on the Run sites around the country and the world
• Be a foremost expert on ways to raise and support a healthy girl in these ever-changing times
• Assist in nothing less than a complete transformation in the way girls and women perceive themselves and their place in society.