San Diego non-profit empowering girls through exercise, mentorship

LEMON GROVE, Calif. (KGTV) — Serving to younger ladies obtain a wholesome thoughts and physique is what the nationwide non-profit, Women On The Run, is all about.

“We’re educating each the bodily well being with the emotional well being and attempting to mix all of it collectively for these ladies,” stated Amanda Kipnis, a coach for Women On The Run San Diego.

The group of ladies, comprised of third to eighth-graders, spent the afternoon sprinting and enjoying tag at San Altos Elementary in Lemon Grove. Every train is paired with a life lesson.

“This can be a program that I want I had after I was their age. It might’ve saved a number of heartache, a number of tears,” Kipnis stated.

The ladies begin by discussing quite a lot of matters earlier than heading outdoors.

“From selecting wholesome associates to standing as much as bullies, cease and take a breather, I really feel statements… my favourite is popping detrimental self-talk into optimistic self-talk,” Kipnis stated.

It is expertise that may come in useful in a world the place ladies are continuously informed they don’t seem to be sufficient or they can not.

“Then Women On The Run is available in and is like let me offer you these confidence steps. That is how one can,” Kipnis stated.

It is also expertise 8-year-old Gracie Sanchez stated she makes use of daily.

“It [the program] talks about your emotions and that it is okay to be mad or unhappy after which we get to train and we run,” Sanchez stated.

The operating half is what first attracted Alyssa Rojas to this system.

“It is a number of enjoyable for me as a result of my brother… he all the time likes to race me,” Rojas stated.

Rojas stated she additionally loves the camaraderie it provides.

“I like to be optimistic. I get to assist different folks,” she stated.

The aim of this system is for the ladies to stroll away feeling assured to tackle the world round them, irrespective of how arduous it might be.

“Final week at dismissal time, I had a 17-year-old come again and say Women On The Run gave her the arrogance to report trauma,” Kipnis stated.

Yearly, Women On The Run holds a 5K race to have fun the completion of this system.