AGE UP News & Updates

  • 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…

  • Second Years Get Personal

    Hello, hello, readers. It’s Amanda, again. This week, the Top Chef group (with the addition of yours truly), graced us with homemade, whole-wheat pizzas! We’re not talking Hawaiian, pepperoni, or Canadian bacon, either. There were a total of five pizzas topped with ingredients ranging from broccoli, green bell peppers, mushrooms, and olives, to squash and…

  • Finding Our Identities

    Hello! I’m Sophie, one of the AGE UP second years in the media group. We began our session with a dinner, provided by our Top Chef Cooks, of make-your-own sandwiches with an assortment of breads, cheeses, meats, veggies and all the good things that sandwiches are made of. The sandwiches were accompanied by milk and…

  • Read our blog via Facebook!

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

  • 2nd Years Tackle Racism

    2nd Years Tackle Racism

    There are millions of problems happening throughout the world but one of them has proven that it is able to make or break our society for good and for bad: racism. It has traveled all throughout the world as a horrific memory from the past to an ungrateful “gift” in our present. If you were…

  • Friday Session on Ageism

    Hey it’s Hallie! I came early on Friday to find Team Top Chef cooking up their concoctions downstairs in the kitchen (which turned out to be yummy burrito-tacos) and a circle of coaches and some 1st and 2nd years trying to decipher Alice’s riddle. “SuzypassesthedisctoBob,whothrowsittoJoe,whoeatsitandpoopsitoutandgivesitMarywhothrows-itintheairandbirdcatchesit. Who has it?” “I do.” Most people figured it out,…

  • Fun Times with AGE-UP Second Years

    Welcome back, all. It’s Amanda, again. Last Tuesday, we had the honor of being guinea pigs! Were we fed carrots and kept in cages? No… Regardless, we were also lucky enough to have Nicole, a guest speaker from last year, join us. Unfortunately, to avoid spoiling everything for the first years, the details of the session…

  • AGE-UP Goes to UW

    Welcome back, readers. It’s Amanda, again. This Saturday, AGE-UP went on its first-ever field trip to the University of Washington. There, we gathered in a classroom in the Mary Gates Hall along with a few members from Making Connections and the Dream Project. Our host, Senait, began the day by engaging us in a poster…

  • Friday Session with Nutritionist Karen Woo

    Hi everybody, this is Linda, a 2nd year of AGE UP, and the rest of the media group! Today, to start off the session, we ate a delicious meal cooked and provided by the 2nd years in the cooking committee led by Lisa. The meal was comprised of noodles and a lovely vegetable and meat…

  • The AGE-UP Family Gets A Little Bigger

    Greetings everyone, I’m Amanda, also an AGE UP second year. This past Friday marked the beginning of our winter sessions for first years (new participants). We kicked off the program with introductions within a HUGE circle (I’m talking a total of 50+ coaches, first years, and second years) to allow everyone to get familiar with…