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  • Age Up 2nd Year Graduation

    It’s Sophie again! Another great AGE UP year has come to an end :(. Spending a 2nd year with these wonderful girls has been a wonderful experience and I find myself incredibly eager for next year. Graduation took place at Seward Park in the evening under a barbeque shelter with Mt. Rainier in the background.…

  • Summer GOOD Grant & Graduation!

    Hello AGE UP participants, coaches, friends, family & followers! We are excited to announce that we are entering another voting competition with GOOD Maker – but this time there is $5,000 at stake! This means we need you more than every to help us fund the next cycle of AGE UP. Please go to http://maker.good.is/projects/AGEUP2012…

  • Good News!

    We won the $5000 Neighbor to Neighbor grant! Yay!

  • AGE-UP Kicks Off Spring Clinics With Kimball Elementary

    Hello! It’s Sophie the 2nd year, it’s been so long! It was a beautiful day for AGE UP’s first clinic at Kimball Elementary. Our clinic began in the Kimball gym and comprised of seventeen students from Kimball (yet, only one girl!). We began the session with introductions and a warm up of ‘Sharks and Minnows’. After…

  • Outreach Group Gets The Gears Going

    Hi, all. As you know, the retreat is tomorrow! In retribution for the last two weeks of inactivity on the blog, I decided to crash the outreach group’s session and disclose everything they’re doing in preparation for the retreat. Kidding. Regardless of what we don’t know (yet), these girls put in work. They spent countless…

  • Winter Sessions Come To a Close

    First and foremost, I’m terribly sorry for the delay. I assure you that the last two AGE-UP sessions were a bundle of fun. I’d love to explain but I’ll just divert your attention with a joint post! Anyway, during our Tuesday session, we were devastated to find out that our beloved Top Chef extraordinaire, Lisa,…

  • Second Years Get Recappin’ (And Other Stuff)

    Hello, hello, readers. Hope you all enjoyed your day. I sure did. The AGE-UP page on facebook got 18 more likes! Good job, media group and others! Anyway, this past Tuesday, we sat around a triangular array of tables and had chili for dinner. We then explained the racism workshop for those who were unable to attend.…

  • Facing Body Image

    Good afternoon bloggers! Linda wrote a majority of the post, so credits to her! Today’s session was about our perceptions of beauty and specifically, body image. The workshop was led by our 2nd years, Jhanelle, Frances, and Soriya. It was also the session where coaches and players participated in separate workshops. To be honest, we clicked better…