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The Margaret Wright Wellness BOOKLIGHT 5k Run/Walk is a community building event that helps support Girls to Women, an innovative, grassroots, nonprofit, girl centered youth development program.  This event is in honor of Margaret Geis Wright.

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WELCOME VIDEO

Who Was Margaret Geis Wright?

 Margaret Geis Wright, a native of Kansas, was a storyteller, theater patron, mother, grandmother, and benefactor of East Palo Alto's youth. She supported wellness programs for our community's girls, and was a friend to those working with local young people. Margaret, or 'Sam' as she was known to those close to her, was nonjudgmental; saw good in everyone; loved children in particular; and had the gift of inspiring the best in the many whom she touched with her kindness. Ms. Wright's compassionate wisdom is distilled in this saying of hers: "Be an avid knowledge seeker . . . know yourself and be yourself . . . and nothing can stop you from being whatever you want to be."

​Why the BOOKLIGHT?: Remembering Puneet

The booklight has been added to our event to honor one of our girls who died suddenly this year, Puneet. Puneet loved to read and we wanted to bring her with us as we continue to promote healthy lifestyles and support the growth of our girls.  The booklight will bring an educational focus on an important topic  that we want to shine a spotlight on every year. This year's spotlight will be on processing grief.  We will have educational materials and be distributing tools for all participants to use.

2021 BOOKLIGHT Spotlight: Processing Grief Resources

Heard Alliance
​Trevor Project​​
Santa Clara County Crisis Line
  • Hotline: 1-855-278-4204
  • Confidential, English/Spanish, 24/7 support for:
  • Different forms of crisis
  • Emotional or situational distress
  • A need for ongoing support
  • A need for general information or referrals
Kara Grief Support
  • ​Call: 650-321-5272
  • Supportive services in English and Spanish for youth and adults.
​Crisis Text Line
  • ​​Text "RENEW" to 741741
  • provides free, 24/7 support via text message.
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Suicide
  • School

HOW A VIRTUAL EVENT WORKS:

Where should you run/walk?  

​Anywhere you want! 
  • Outdoors on a trial
  • A nearby track
  • Your favorite neighborhood route
  • A treadmill
  • Around a mall (socially distanced, of course)
  • Whatever works for you!

When should you run/walk?  

Whenever you want!
  • We will be hosting a virtual event on 11/7/2020 at 10am – please join us for our speaker and memory sharing session!

How to stay connected:

Post your photos on your socials and/or the event site and see everyone you’re running with!
  • Show us where you’re running!
  • Show us who you're running with!
  • Show us who you're running for!
  • Show us with your booklight!
  • Show us what you’re reading!

How to find us:

You can post to your social media and tag us and use our hashtags!
  • @girls2women
  • #g2w5k
  • #booklightrun
  • #booklight5k

​​Packet Information:

Packets will be shipped every Saturday beginning mid-September!

Packets will include:
  • Booklight
  • Notebook
  • Pen
  • ​Finisher’s certificate will be available once you log your results

We will not be doing t-shirts this year. It has been an incredibly hard year for all of us and we want to help promote physical, mental, and emotional health and wellbeing - so we are giving you some of the tools to do so!

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