Tag: women’s empowerment

  • AGE-UP Returners Kick-Start a New Year

    Welcome back, everyone. This past Wednesday, first years and second years alike combined for a returner’s meeting to brainstorm the annual BearNinjaCowgirl tournament and celebrate Lisa’s birthday. The meeting consisted of intense poster work, the formation of committees for the tournament, and cupcaking the birthday woman. Wednesday was also our first session with our new…

  • Spring Clinics Recap (Yes, Spring)

    So much has been going on in AGE UP this summer—fundraising, planning for next year, making zombie videos—that blogging about the spring clinics was put aside. But now that there is a break in the excitement, we decided it’s never too late to tell you about our coaching adventures… AGE UP coaches, 1st years, and…

  • AGE UP IS #1!

    Hey everyone, in case you haven’t heard, we’re currently the #1 voted organization competing for the $5,000 Summer GOOD Grant!  We need to stay #1 by noon of Friday, June 29th, so if you haven’t voted and haven’t convinced a million people to vote, please do so! http://maker.good.is/projects/AGEUP2012  

  • Age Up First Year Graduation

    Hey everyone! My name is Gabby and I’m here to give a quick little recap of my experience as a graduating first year of Age Up. We started the evening with an epic game of Boot outside on the Jefferson grass. First years, second years, coaches and parents alike all joined us and made the…

  • AGE UP wins Good grant

    Hey everybody, guess what?!? WE WON THE GOOD GRANT! Thanks to everyone who voted or shared our video link. Y’all made this possible; thank you so much for your support! http://goodsports.maker.good.is/projects/AGEUP

  • 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…

  • Read our blog via Facebook!

    The AGE UP blog now links directly to our community Facebook page!