This fun and inspirational event will include a delicious brunch, cocktails, guest speakers, party favors, a silent auction and empowering elements that bring the Girls on the Run impact to life.

🎁 Silent Auction: Bid on fabulous items and experiences from generous donors, with all proceeds directly empowering local girls and families.

🛍️ Shop: Girls on the Run merchandise and Kendra Scott’s newest and fan favorite items.

🙌 Sponsor a girl: With your gift, you are helping a girl in need unleash her limitless potential. You are giving her a place where she feels accepted and understood, a place where she can connect with her peers and caring mentors, gain confidence and discover her true power and potential. A place where she belongs.

🎟️ Opportunity Drawing!: When you sponsor a girl, you will automatically be entered into a drawing for a 2-Night Stay for up to 2 guests at the Castle Hot Springs Resort - valued at $5,308! Sponsoring more girls = more entries! The winner will be drawn at the Brunch event, but you do NOT have to be present to win. This is a great way to support the event - and our amazing girls - even if you cannot attend!

💖 Tax Credit: Taxes can be complicated. Making a difference for girls and families in our community doesn’t have to be!

As a Qualifying Charitable Organization, Girls on the Run serving Maricopa & Pinal Counties is eligible for the Arizona Charitable Tax Credit Program. This means that by making donations up to $470 (individual) or $938 (couples filing jointly) to Girls on the Run serving Maricopa & Pinal Counties (by sponsoring a girl or girls for example!), you can receive a dollar-for-dollar credit on your AZ taxes.

State tax credits are taken when you file your AZ personal tax return, which can result in either less taxes owed or a larger refund. No itemizing is necessary, and you can combine this credit with others including public and private school credits!

* Please contact a qualified tax advisor for advice on your personal tax situation.

👗 Event Attire: There is no specific dress code for this event, and we encourage guests to come as they are! That being said, many attendees choose to wear dressy brunch attire including dresses, skirts or slacks.

We appreciate interest from our younger supporters. However, please note that this is an adult event.

Rebecca knows fear. As a stress physiologist, Dr. Rebecca Heiss is dedicated to helping us overcome our instinctual limitations - the ancient, often subconscious fears that hold us back from our optimal performance and our happiest lives. Her research has been designated "transformative" by the National Science Foundation and it is waking up audiences around the world.

As the author of two books, Springboard and Instinct, founder and CEO of the leadership 360-review mobile application, icueity, and highly sought-after professional speaker, Rebecca has found her calling in helping others recognize the power of biological applications in their lives. A former educator, Dr. Heiss spent much of her earlier career in the classroom at both the high school and college levels and was recruited to be a founding member of an innovative charter school with a focus on entrepreneurial thinking and impact-based learning. Today she shares her Fear[less] Stress formula to transform fear to fuel from stages around the world as a full-time speaker and facilitator of her Fearless Masterclass. She continues her research on how we can turn trauma into Post Traumatic Growth (PTG) rather than PTSD.

Rebecca's "fear(less)" message inspires hope and actionable insights to train our brains to work for us, rather than against us in times of challenge, change and uncertainty. With surprising humor and palpable energy, she wins over her audiences with interactive, inspiring, and timely takeaways.

Rebecca lives in South Carolina with her spoiled rotten dogs named Guinness & Murphy and every day tries to live her life motto: "Spread Happy."

We are thrilled to welcome Olivia back as Emcee for this event!

Often scolded for talking too much in class, Olivia Fierro’s gift for gab has been the driving force behind all professional endeavors. Today she shares her media and communications expertise as a consultant and coach, event host and keynote speaker. A staple of Arizona television for nearly fifteen years as a reporter and anchor on 3TV, her long list of honors includes a Regional EMMY and a Murrow Award, both for breaking news. She has been named one of the “GREAT 48” by PHOENIX Magazine and among the “Most Respected and Influential Business Leaders” by AZ Big Media. In 2020 she received an ATHENA Award nomination from the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, celebrating both the professional and philanthropic impacts of female leaders in the Valley of the Sun.

Always community-minded, Olivia currently serves on Circle the City’s Board of Directors, and Valley of the Sun United Way’s Women United Steering Committee. She previously led the Executive Leadership Team for March of Dimes Arizona, and was Co-Chair of the organization’s marquee fundraiser, March for Babies.

Olivia can often be found embracing the heat of a yoga studio, reading multiple books at once, or gazing into her Goldendoodle’s eyes. If you see her getting loud on the sidelines of her son’s soccer games, please look away.