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SAVE THE DATE

Our 2026 Girls Run will be hosted in Canmore, AB on May 23 and 24, in partnership with the Rocky Mountain Soap Women’s Run. See you there?

CALL ALL GIRLS, AGE 4-12!

Join us for a morning of girl power! The Girls Forward team is thrilled to be working with Rocky’s Women’s Soap Run
for our annual Girls Run in Canmore, AB. As always, we offer two distance for girls to run:
1km and 2.5km, along with a designated cheer section this year for girls to see the women’s races in action!
Stay tuned for registration dropping in early 2026.

In 2025, with the support of Rocky we empowered over 1,900 girls across Canada AND celebrated our rebrand to Girls Forward Foundation! Looking forward to all the amazing things to come in 2026.

SUPPORT OUR 2026 GIRLS RUN!

We’re excited to bring over 200 girls together in Canmore, AB for two days of running, cheering, and celebrating women role models! We rely on the generosity of supporters like you to make this event possible. Your sponsorship, whether through pro bono support, in-kind donations, or monetary contributions, helps cover costs such as:

  • Our Role Model Honorariums: our incredible community of women, age 21+, and JR Role Models, age 15-20, that run alongside our participants and cheer them on!

  • Printing materials

  • Snacks, t-shirts, and water bottles

  • Travel and logistics

Join us in inspiring the next generation of girls to be strong, confident, and unstoppable! Registration for 2026 opens early next year.

Interested in sponsoring or supporting our event? Please email us at info@girlsforward.ca

What's Included

  • Event Coordinator/Facilitator (Power Hour and Champ Chat- not DIY Power Hour)
  • T-shirt for each participant + REAL Role Models
  • REAL Role Models (# depends on the number of participants. We keep a 1:10 ratio)
  • Snacks (in-person only; granola bars, fruit, etc.)
  • Photographer (in-person only)
  • Physical Activity Facilitator
  • Curriculum facilitator (Power Hour only)
  • Curriculum handouts and worksheets
  • Management of registration 
  • Management of communication with participants and all Role Models, Facilitators, volunteers, etc.
  • Marketing and promotion 
  • Shipment
  • Zoom platform (for virtual option and all event-related trainings and meetings)

Add Ons

  • Additional/ extended curriculum
  • Fast and Female Swag 
  • Stickers
  • Dr. Tasha Belix Finding Yourself Books

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