Volunteer Coach

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Want to help make a lasting impact on girls in our BHAM community? Sign up to be a Girls on the Run coach today!

We are offering both in-person and virtual teams based on your comfort level.

How does Girls on the Run work?

• Participants meet twice a week in small teams of 8-10 girls.
• Trained volunteer coaches help them learn important life skills through engaging lessons and fun running activities.
• The nationally proven curriculum focuses on three main themes:
  • understanding ourselves,
  • valuing relationships and teamwork, and
  • understanding how we connect with the world at large.
• At the end of the 10-week program the girls complete a celebratory 5k run that gives them a tremendous sense of accomplishment.

Volunteer Coach Commitment and Responsibilities:

• Commitment to be at practice for 10 weeks, 2 days a week for 90 minutes each day. Teams meet after school normally from 3-4:30pm. The Fall 2020 season will start September 14 and will end on November 13. All practices will be outside for COVID-19 safety measures and only inside if weather does not permit. Masks will be worn inside.
• Attend the season-ending site based 5k to adhere to COVID-19 safety precautions on Sat. Nov. 7
• Attend a five-hour VIRTUAL training session prior to the start of the season. Training will be held in late August.
• Become CPR and First Aid Certified. Girls on the Run will provide training for at least one coach per team if necessary.

Girls on the Run Birmingham provides coaches with:

• A nationally proven curriculum, lesson plans and all supplies for each team meeting
• A small allowance for each team
• Training
• Support throughout the season