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Health & Fitness

5K Chicago Run Teaches Wilmette Girls Self-Respect

Wilmette girls learned about empowerment and healthy development through a 5K run in Chicago.

Approximately 4,000 girls and an additional 6,000 other runners completed a 5k at Montrose Harbor for the annual Girls on the Run Event Saturday.  The run aims to educate young girls on self-respect and healthy living.

Girls from every grade school in Wilmette participated in the event.

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