Coaches are needed to lead and to teach girls involved in the Girls on the Run program. Girls on the Run® is a life-changing, experiential learning programs for girls age eight to eleven years old. The programs combine training for a 3.1 mile running event with self-esteem enhancing, uplifting workouts. The goals of the programs are to encourage positive emotional, social, mental, spiritual and physical development. The program runs for 10 weeks; each meeting lasts for about 1 1/2 hours. The volunteer opportunity begins the first week of March and runs through May.