AGE UP News & Updates

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • All Girl Everything: Spring Write-Up

    Hello again! It’s Leah, I’m back with updates on AGE UP’s spring clinics and graduation. If you missed the boat and don’t know what I’m talking about, you can read my intro post on AGE UP, below We have now wrapped up stage two of the program where the AGE UP participants coached middle and…

  • All Girl Everything: Winter Write-Up

    Hi there! My name is Leah and I am one of the program coordinators for All Girl Everything Ultimate Program. For the past eightish months I’ve been working with an awesome team of awesome people on AGE UP. There is so much cool stuff to say about the program that I could write about, but…