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On a recent morning in Washington, D.C., a group of young girls was on the run. They were training for a 5K a couple of times a week, but along the way, they also learned they can accomplish anything.Since 1996, the nationwide program Girls on the Run has empowered 8- to 13-year-olds by teaching them how to set and achieve personal goals, improving not only their health but also their self-esteem and happiness. We find th stanley cup at girls at the age of 9 begin to lose their confidence. By age 10 they start to become less physically active, said Devoria Armstead, the executive director of Girls on the Run - DC. stanley cup The program has gone the distance. In its 25 years, it s served more than 2 million girls. At the end of each season the girls complete a 5K, applying the skills they ve learned, according to its website.Ada Kehler, 8, said she is learning to never give up and also keep trying. She said having her friends cheer her on helps her keep going. Girls on the Run has helped me so much that I feel like nothing is in my way of winning that race, said 9-year-old Tessa Lindsay.And if empowering girls isn stanley cup t enough, each team does a community service project, like writing letters to children s hospitals. More from CBS News Maine dogs go viral for their autumn joy Jqid Gottlieb says parts of U.S. could see very dense outbreaks as Delta variant spreads
BOSTON -- A private funeral for former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is underway at his neighborhood church, with hundreds of dignitaries and prominent Bostonians in attendance.Among them are former President Bill Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry, Cardinal Sean O Malley, ex-Celtics great Bill Russell, former Re air max 1 d Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez and Red Sox slugger David Ortiz.The funeral Mass is taking place at Most Precious Blood Church in Hyde Park, where Menino was baptized and served as an altar boy. stanley cup Mayor Martin Walsh was expected to speak, as well as Menino s grandchildren.Earlier Monday, a funeral procession took the city s longest-serving mayor on one last tour of Boston. The 71-year-old Menino died Thursday after being diagnosed with cancer in February. CBS Boston reports that nine pallbearers from the Boston Police special operations unit carried Menino s casket out of Faneuil Hall at 10:50 a.m. just before church bells across Boston rang 71 times - one for each year of his life - to honor the former mayor as he made his final ride through the city to Most Precious Blood Parish in Hyde Park for the funeral mass.CBS Boston reports that Governor Deval Patrick told several humorous stories, including one of how he met Menino in 2006, looking for the mayor s support in his first race for governor and how Menino said no because he was supporting s af1 omeone else.After the two talked for an hour, Patrick s |
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