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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My girl did Girls on the Run last year and I too wonder where all the money goes.  I hear there are some sort of team building classes and stuff like that, but she had no classes, just lots of running.  She did like the running but I am just not a big fan of paying lots of money just to run.  When I grew up running was free.  My wife and i get in fights about paying for this.  I think if you have credit card bills, those are more important.[/quote]

I don't know where you are but if all your daughter did was run, then her coaches were absolutely not executing the GOTR curriculum appropriately.  Every session is based around a topic, and typically would include some sort of activity and discussion in addition to the running portion of the day.  GOTR is not a track program, its mission statement is "We inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running."  Notice that, despite the name, running is simply one component of a more holisitic curriculum geared specifically towards the needs and challenges of pre-adolescent girls.

As for the question of "where is the money going", here are the links to the Guidestar pages for GOTR NoVA, GOTR DC and GOTR Montgomery County, each of which includes their detailed 990s.

http://www.guidestar.org/organizations/20-5531978/girls-run-montgomerycounty.aspx
http://www.guidestar.org/organizations/54-2026885/girls-run-nova.aspx
http://www.guidestar.org/organizations/74-3218001/girls-run-dc.aspx[/quote]

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