As girls from across the Valley come together with public event participants to achieve their goals on 5K day, they will be depending on volunteers like you to help them shine! For this event we will be recruiting: event volunteers, cheer zones and sparkle runners!

* Volunteer registration will open on January 1, 2025 and close by April 11, 2025 or earlier if all spots are filled.

EVENT VOLUNTEERS
Assignments Include: Set up, take down, registration, fun zone, finish line, aid stations, course support and information. 
Teams: Gather fellow students, friends, group members, colleagues etc. to form a volunteer team! If you are interested in forming a team, your team captain should please click on “I’d like to create a team button” during registration and follow the prompts. Once the team is created it will show in a drop down box at the top of all registration forms for other team members to select. If you are participating with a team please be sure to select your team name during the registration process.

CHEER ZONES
We are also looking for groups to serve as cheer stations along the course. Gather 5 or more people from your family, company, community organization, group of friends or team, and help to provide the one-of-a-kind positive energy, excitement and celebration that makes the Girls on the Run 5K so special. Some suggestions: create a theme for the station, dress up, play music, use noisemakers, make signs etc. Our goal is to hopefully fill the course with positive energy and encouragement for all participants and for them – and you all! - to be inspired and have a lot of fun in the process. We ask that before you sign up to reserve a zone that you please confirm that you have at least 5 people available to be in your assigned position on the course from 7:15 - 10:00 a.m.

SPARKLE RUNNERS
If you would like to run with the girls, this is for you! Be a moving course marshal and provide gentle encouragement and support to all our girls along the run. A Sparkle Runner is an adult female who runs the 5K and cheers on all of our girls as they head towards the finish line! Some Sparkle Runners may be paired with an individual girl to run the whole 5K with, while others will be asked to cheer on all the girls along the course and others asked to help to serve as sweepers. You may come across a girl who got separated from her Running Buddy, is too fast for her Running Buddy, or just needs some extra encouragement! IMPORTANT NOTE: Sparkle Runners will be asked to complete a background check in order to serve in this role. And Sparkle Runner registration will close at least one week prior to the event - or sooner if all spaces are filled.