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  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 2nd Year Session with CRAVE

    Hi, I’m Hallie! I’m an AGE-UP second-year. Tuesday was our third second-year session this year and it was YUMMY! We had four guests from CRAVE (Cultivating Radical Activism, Vitality, and Education), an organization that promotes food justice through awareness, who taught us about the food we eat and helped us make a wonderful Mexican feast.…

  • AGE UP 2011-2012 application process now open!

    We are pleased to open the application process for AGE UP this year! To apply to participate in the program, please download the application below, complete it and return it by October 31st.  While we would love to accept everyone, please note that AGE UP is limited to 30 spots. We expect that this year…

  • Bear Nina Cowgirl Hat Tournament

    This past weekend, we hosted the second annual Bear Ninja Cowgirl hat tournament, Seattle’s only all-girls youth hat tournament. We had four teams in brightly clad colors out playing ultimate in some beautiful fall Seattle weather.  Red team eventually reigned victorious on the day, after some hard fought games.  Most importantly, it was great to…

  • AGE UP entered in video contest!

    AGE UP submitted a video in the Women’s Sports Foundation’s ‘Get a Girl Going’ video contest to win $4,000 of funding for our program! You can visit this page to watch our video and vote on our program.  Please share with anyone else who might be interested! Our only regret is that we were only…