Girls of Virtue 5k

🏃‍♀️ Event Overview

Join us on Saturday, August 9th, in downtown Jacksonville for the Girls of Virtue 5K & 1M Races. This will be the third year for our fundraising race event, and we are celebrating our fifth year as a ministry. All monies raised will benefit our non-profit organization, Girls of Virtue.

🎯 Our Mission

Empower and Equip the next generation to be spiritually, mentally, physically, and financially grounded.

👩‍🎓 Who We Are

Girls of Virtue has created a community for young women to have a safe environment that will teach them the proper skills they need to face today’s complex generation. To instill life skills through mentorship, workshops, and education.

💔 Our WHY

• Challenges: Today, our young women meet difficulty transitioning into adulthood.
• Educational Gaps: Traditional schools don’t provide classes on financial literacy, credit, business and professional skills.
• Realities: Situations like homelessness and poverty escalate the complexity.
• Support Needs: Our youth are facing many challenges as they navigate their teens and young adult life.

Girls of Virtue has created a community for young women to have a safe environment that will teach them the proper skills they need to face today’s complex generation. To instill life skills through mentorship, workshops, and education. To empower and equip them to be grounded spiritually, mentally, physically, and financially. From 14 years old, when they begin navigating their emotions, to 18, when they transition into independent living, and into their early 20s, we will fill the gap for our young women.

🔧 What We Do

Our program has three levels: ENGAGE, EQUIP, and EMPOWER.

• ENGAGE: We provide bi-monthly workshops at three local dropout prevention high schools and weekly workshops at middle/high school.
• EQUIP: Additional workshops after school, on weekends, online, and through local partners to continue supporting these young women.
• EMPOWER: This is our Executive Life Skills Pilot, launched in 2024 with a three-year plan.

We selected five ladies who displayed what we call GRIT and had been working with me for a couple of years. Each young woman was given a mentor and access to obtaining a vocational trade in the first year. In year two, they will be provided one-on-one coaching in mental health, financial planning, budgeting, and nutrition. Then, in year three, they will begin to mentor the next young women in the program.

🤝 Join Us

We believe that together, we can UNITE our city and empower and equip the next generation. Please join us as we run into the next year and fight for the youth in our city.

🔗 More Information

For more details, please visit our official race page.