We inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum. Our mission is to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. Girls on the Run Greater Hartford empowers girls with vital social-emotional skills to help them succeed in school, at home, and within friendships. Every girl can participate in our program, no matter her physical ability or her family’s financial means. Since 2016, we've helped over 4,000 girls learn to “let her star shine. " Our research-based, positive youth development program utilizes proven curriculum based in social-emotional learning (SEL) to deliver skills in building self-confidence, positive self-talk, managing emotions, navigating difficult conversations, standing up to bullying, and more.