Back to Main MenuWeather HomeToday Forecast5 Day ForecastSchool Event ClosuresBack to Main MenuCrime Safety HomePolice BlotterReported CrimesCity of SyracuseNorth Suburbs Oswego CountyEast Suburbs Madison CountyWest Suburbs Cayuga CountyCNY TrafficBack to Main MenuPhotos HomePhoto EssaysBuy Photo ReprintsYour PhotosBack to Main MenuVideos air jordan 11 retro low infrared 23 HomeNews VideosSports VideosHigh School Sports VideosEntertainment VideosLiving VideosView full sizeJohn Berry / The Post StandardBess Schueler, 10, of DeWitt, warms up before the start of her run during the spring “Girls on aOlernKienOP air jordan xx3 black carolina white Marlins lose 100th game the Run” program offered aOlernKienOP air jordan spizike knicks orange IFR510 Mosfet Specifications at the Jewish Community Center of Syracuse.As young girls race toward their teenage years, they are likely to run into situations, activities and choices that may put them in social, physical and emotional peril. Or maybe not.The Jewish Community Center of Syracuse is offering a fall program that aims to help girls in grades 3 through 5 avoid destructive influences and options by educating and empowering them to embrace better choices and healthy lifestyles.The 10 week program, which the JCC also offered last spring, is titled “Girls on the Run.” Girls need not belong to the JCC to participate. The local, non profit independent council, “Girls on the Run of the Finger Lakes,” serves Onondaga, Cortland, Cayuga and Seneca counties.Council director Emily Gannon, of Syracuse, explained the program’s three part aOlernKienOP air jordan 6 retro championship champagne Sports news and opinion from Pete curriculum.”Part one is learning about yourself and taking care of yourself as a person,” Gannon said. “Part two is putting you into the group; learning about how you interact with others and deal with issues like peer pressure and bullying, and the last part is taking yourself out into the community and your world aOlernKienOP air jordan 20 university blue white What to Expect at Your First Ballroom D at large.”Meeting twice a week, the girls Air Jordan 2011 also develop and implement a community service project, and train for a local 5 K charity run/walk.View full sizeThe Girls on the Run program is offered at the Jewish Community Center of air jordan 1 retro black metallic gold Syracuse.Gannon and her junior coach, Rebecca Bergman, of Fayetteville, like to keep the girls moving. They don’t have aOlernKienOP air jordan 4 retro military blue white All Day Comfort With Dansko Sandals to run; they can walk, aOlernKienOP air jordan 19 white varsity red How Blisters Form How to Treat Them skip, hop or jump. “We encourage them to learn the value of physical exercise what it can do for your body, emotionally and physically.” Gannon said. aOlernKienOP air jordan spizike do the right thing Ancient Greek Male Costume “And it’s interesting to watch the girls branch out and become a team, using strategies air jordan 10 powder blue white dark powder blue black they’ve learned as the lessons go on.”Abbie Leavitt, 11, of air jordan 15 retro black varsity red DeWitt, who participated in the spring session of “Girls on the Run” at the JCC, said she would participate again because she enjoyed the running as well as coming together and air jordan 2 ii retro black chrome talking about issues like peer pressure. “It’s about feeling good about yourself,” she said, “and finding out more about yourself.”Gannon said the staff and facility make the JCC an aOlernKienOP Air Jordan 5s Trimming the Rubber ideal site for the program, but stressed that potential air jordan 1 retro ko high sport blue sites need only have an indoor and outdoor area for the girls to meet. “A air jordan 5 v raging bull defining moments package ii aOlernKienOP air jordan 17 mid black metallic silver Top 7 Six Sigma Methodologies for B track is not air jordan 7 french blue white french blue flint grey necessary; an open field works just fine,” Gannon said. Sites must also provide a coach, age 21 or older, and a junior coach who is 18 or older.The program fee is $125 air jordan 3 retro sport blue in stock buy now per girl and $50 for a sibling. The fee pays for the curriculum, a T shirt, a water bottle, registration in a local run/walk to be determined and insurance. No girl is turned away because of an inability to pay. If space is available, the council aOlernKienOP air jordan 20 white black red Stylish gear for a great workout will cover, through full or partial scholarships, any girl who wants to participate.