NBES and BCMS students participated in Girls on the Run 5K

Brooks County, GA ---On Saturday, November 4, 2023, the annual Girls on the Run 5k was held by the Fellowship Home in North Brooks County. Schools throughout the area including North Brooks Elementary and Brooks County Middle School participated in the run. 

Girls on the Run South Georgia is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that enhances participants’ physical, emotional, and social skills for successfully navigating life experiences. This organization’s mission is to inspire girls to be healthy, joyful and confident. Their vision is a world where every girl knows and activates her potential and is free to boldly pursue their dreams. 

Girls on the Run South Georgia serves Brooks, Berrien, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes, Echols, Thomas, and Tift counties. Every year, grades 3 to 8 can participate to learn those valuable life skills and to help celebrate the annual Girls on the Run 5k. 

This year runners were from every school in the participating counties.  Runners in the celebration ran with partners. Many runners’ partners were siblings, parents, grandparents, teachers, school staff, or friends.



As they made their run visitors watching cheered the girls on and for every cheer a smile could be seen, a burst of energy, or the urge to move forward. As the participants neared the finish line, clapping, cheers and air punches could be seen. 

North Brooks Elementary shared “It was a beautiful morning for a run! Our NBES Girls on the Run crew completed their 5k this morning! We are so proud of the girls who committed themselves to this program and met this goal of running a 5K!” 

Brooks County Middles School shared, “The BCMS Girls on the Run team showed out at their 5k this morning! We are so proud of all their hard work, dedication, and commitment to be ‘unstoppable’! #levelup”. 

When some of the participants were asked if they would continue to participate in Girls on the Run South Georgia the majority of them announced without hesitation, “Yes definitely! It was so much fun!” 

Congratulations to all the girls who ran the 5k this year and for anyone wanting to know more about this organization you can contact your child’s school or find Girls on the Run South GA online.