Following his retirement from the Seattle Seahawks, Doug Baldwin has turned his attention to helping out in his community. He speaks to KING 5's Jessica Janner Castro about what drives him to help make positive change, the charitable initiative he started with his fellow former Seahawks called Champion of Change, and his focus on mental health in order to be his best self for his family. United Way BBQ: <a href="https://www.uwkc.org/events/annual-community-bbq/">https://www.uwkc.org/events/annual-community-bbq/</a>Champions of Change: <a href="https://championsofchange.org/">https://championsofchange.org/</a>OSAYS Campaign: <a href="https://www.ourstoriesareyourstories.com/video-gallery/v/doug-baldwin">https://www.ourstoriesareyourstories.com/video-gallery/v/doug-baldwin</a>

<description>Following his retirement from the Seattle Seahawks, Doug Baldwin has turned his attention to helping out in his community. He speaks to KING 5's Jessica Janner Castro about what drives him to help make positive change, the charitable initiative he started with his fellow former Seahawks called Champion of Change, and his focus on mental health in order to be his best self for his family.
 
United Way BBQ: https://www.uwkc.org/events/annual-community-bbq/
Champions of Change: https://championsofchange.org/
OSAYS Campaign: https://www.ourstoriesareyourstories.com/video-gallery/v/doug-baldwin</description>

After retiring from football, Doug Baldwin's focus is on making a difference.

Following his retirement from the Seattle Seahawks, Doug Baldwin has turned his attention to helping out in his community. He speaks to KING 5's Jessica Janner Castro about what drives him to help make positive change, the charitable initiative he started with his fellow former Seahawks called Champion of Change, and his focus on mental health in order to be his best self for his family.
 
United Way BBQ: https://www.uwkc.org/events/annual-community-bbq/
Champions of Change: https://championsofchange.org/
OSAYS Campaign: https://www.ourstoriesareyourstories.com/video-gallery/v/doug-baldwin

Doug Baldwin in the community: What drives the former Seahawk to make change

With the help of a local nonprofit, 1,200 girls from all over the Puget Sound Region are preparing to complete a goal they set eight weeks ago: finish a 5k. Girls on the Run of Puget Sound is a program for girls in the third through fifth grade that encourages healthy habits for life while teaching social and emotional lessons. As the program goes on, participants focus on their personal growth while working toward the final event. "It's your own personal goal, and it's so great to see girls... just always increasing their goals," said Izzy Geronimo, Events and Outreach Manager for Girls on the Run of Puget Sound.KING 5's Jessica Janner-Castro talks more with Geronimo about how the program builds girls' confidence and the benefit of pairing social-emotional lessons with physical activities.Girls on the Run of Puget Sound: <a href="https://www.gotrpugetsound.org/">https://www.gotrpugetsound.org/</a>Donate: <a href="https://www.gotrpugetsound.org/Donate">https://www.gotrpugetsound.org/Donate</a>Volunteer: <a href="https://www.gotrpugetsound.org/Volunteer">https://www.gotrpugetsound.org/Volunteer</a>

<description>With the help of a local nonprofit, 1,200 girls from all over the Puget Sound Region are preparing to complete a goal they set eight weeks ago: finish a 5k. Girls on the Run of Puget Sound is a program for girls in the third through fifth grade that encourages healthy habits for life while teaching social and emotional lessons. As the program goes on, participants focus on their personal growth while working toward the final event. "It's your own personal goal, and it's so great to see girls... just always increasing their goals," said Izzy Geronimo, Events and Outreach Manager for Girls on the Run of Puget Sound.
KING 5's Jessica Janner-Castro talks more with Geronimo about how the program builds girls' confidence and the benefit of pairing social-emotional lessons with physical activities.
Girls on the Run of Puget Sound: https://www.gotrpugetsound.org/
Donate: https://www.gotrpugetsound.org/Donate
Volunteer: https://www.gotrpugetsound.org/Volunteer</description>

Girls on the Run pairs physical activities with lessons about friendship, body image, coping with difficult emotions and much more.

With the help of a local nonprofit, 1,200 girls from all over the Puget Sound Region are preparing to complete a goal they set eight weeks ago: finish a 5k. Girls on the Run of Puget Sound is a program for girls in the third through fifth grade that encourages healthy habits for life while teaching social and emotional lessons. As the program goes on, participants focus on their personal growth while working toward the final event. "It's your own personal goal, and it's so great to see girls... just always increasing their goals," said Izzy Geronimo, Events and Outreach Manager for Girls on the Run of Puget Sound.
KING 5's Jessica Janner-Castro talks more with Geronimo about how the program builds girls' confidence and the benefit of pairing social-emotional lessons with physical activities.
Girls on the Run of Puget Sound: https://www.gotrpugetsound.org/
Donate: https://www.gotrpugetsound.org/Donate
Volunteer: https://www.gotrpugetsound.org/Volunteer

Learning life lessons while training for a 5k: Girls on the Run

Amid a rise of anti-Asian racism and xenophobia across the United States, Katherine Cheng decided she had to do something. "People don't actually identify us as being relevant, or mattering," Cheng said. "Why don't they do that? Because we're invisible." Cheng realized there is a lack of stories about everyday Asian people, and amplifying Asian voices is a way to illuminate the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) experience.With the help of friends, Cheng co-founded <a href="https://www.ourstoriesareyourstories.com/">Our Stories are Your Stories</a> (OSAY), a campaign to celebrate the diversity within the community and recognize the similarities many of us share. Share your story: <a href="https://www.ourstoriesareyourstories.com/">https://www.ourstoriesareyourstories.com/</a>Doug Baldwin: <a href="https://www.ourstoriesareyourstories.com/video-gallery/v/osays-doug-baldwin">OSAYS: Doug Baldwin — Our Stories are Your Stories</a>Gary Locke: <a href="https://www.ourstoriesareyourstories.com/video-gallery/v/gary-locke">OSAYS: Gary Locke — Our Stories are Your Stories </a>Dr. Vin Gupta: <a href="https://www.ourstoriesareyourstories.com/video-gallery/v/vin-gupta">OSAYS: Dr. Vin Gupta — Our Stories are Your Stories</a>Wing Luke Museum: <a href="https://www.wingluke.org/">Wing Luke Museum</a>

<description>Amid a rise of anti-Asian racism and xenophobia across the United States, Katherine Cheng decided she had to do something. "People don't actually identify us as being relevant, or mattering," Cheng said. "Why don't they do that? Because we're invisible." Cheng realized there is a lack of stories about everyday Asian people, and amplifying Asian voices is a way to illuminate the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) experience.
With the help of friends, Cheng co-founded Our Stories are Your Stories (OSAY), a campaign to celebrate the diversity within the community and recognize the similarities many of us share.

Share your story: https://www.ourstoriesareyourstories.com/
Doug Baldwin: OSAYS: Doug Baldwin — Our Stories are Your Stories
Gary Locke: OSAYS: Gary Locke — Our Stories are Your Stories 
Dr. Vin Gupta: OSAYS: Dr. Vin Gupta — Our Stories are Your Stories
Wing Luke Museum: Wing Luke Museum</description>

Co-Founder of Our Stories are Your Stories (OSAY) Katherine Cheng talks about celebrating the diversity and the contributions of the AANHPI community.

Amid a rise of anti-Asian racism and xenophobia across the United States, Katherine Cheng decided she had to do something. "People don't actually identify us as being relevant, or mattering," Cheng said. "Why don't they do that? Because we're invisible." Cheng realized there is a lack of stories about everyday Asian people, and amplifying Asian voices is a way to illuminate the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) experience.
With the help of friends, Cheng co-founded Our Stories are Your Stories (OSAY), a campaign to celebrate the diversity within the community and recognize the similarities many of us share.

Share your story: https://www.ourstoriesareyourstories.com/
Doug Baldwin: OSAYS: Doug Baldwin — Our Stories are Your Stories
Gary Locke: OSAYS: Gary Locke — Our Stories are Your Stories 
Dr. Vin Gupta: OSAYS: Dr. Vin Gupta — Our Stories are Your Stories
Wing Luke Museum: Wing Luke Museum

How storytelling fights stereotypes about the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander community

Amy Liz Harrison is the author of three books, the mother of eight kids, and she was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult. “Getting a diagnosis, it was a freeing, for me it was a very liberating feeling," Harrison said. She described growing up feeling like there was something wrong with her, and like she was less than her peers; feelings that she carried with her into adulthood. Through her diagnosis, she was able to gain the tools to take control of her own mental health. Harrison speaks to KING 5 about her journey and her new book, Eternally Awkward, which covers it all.Eternally Awkward book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09X3Q4R34">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09X3Q4R34</a>Amy Liz Harrison’s website: <a href="https://www.amylizharrison.com/">https://www.amylizharrison.com/</a>What is ADHD? CDC: <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/facts.html">https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/facts.html</a>National Resource Center on ADHD: <a href="https://chadd.org/">https://chadd.org/</a> National Institutes of Mental Health: <a href="https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/adhd-what-you-need-to-know#pub1">https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/adhd-what-you-need-to-know#pub1</a>

<description>Amy Liz Harrison is the author of three books, the mother of eight kids, and she was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult. “Getting a diagnosis, it was a freeing, for me it was a very liberating feeling," Harrison said. She described growing up feeling like there was something wrong with her, and like she was less than her peers; feelings that she carried with her into adulthood. Through her diagnosis, she was able to gain the tools to take control of her own mental health. Harrison speaks to KING 5 about her journey and her new book, Eternally Awkward, which covers it all.
Eternally Awkward book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09X3Q4R34
Amy Liz Harrison’s website: https://www.amylizharrison.com/
What is ADHD? CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/facts.html
National Resource Center on ADHD: https://chadd.org/ 
National Institutes of Mental Health: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/adhd-what-you-need-to-know#pub1</description>

Amy Liz Harrison was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult. She talks with KING 5 about how her diagnosis was key to unlocking the full picture of her mental health. 

Amy Liz Harrison is the author of three books, the mother of eight kids, and she was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult. “Getting a diagnosis, it was a freeing, for me it was a very liberating feeling," Harrison said. She described growing up feeling like there was something wrong with her, and like she was less than her peers; feelings that she carried with her into adulthood. Through her diagnosis, she was able to gain the tools to take control of her own mental health. Harrison speaks to KING 5 about her journey and her new book, Eternally Awkward, which covers it all.
Eternally Awkward book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09X3Q4R34
Amy Liz Harrison’s website: https://www.amylizharrison.com/
What is ADHD? CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/facts.html
National Resource Center on ADHD: https://chadd.org/ 
National Institutes of Mental Health: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/adhd-what-you-need-to-know#pub1

Seattle author talks about navigating adulthood with ADHD

Adoption can be long and expensive, but now a new Seattle tech company's online platform is modernizing the process and helping families cut costs. Erin Quick, the founder of Pairtree, talks with KING 5's Jessica Janner Castro about helping families "self navigate" adoption, putting control back in the hands of adoptive and birth families, and some of the myths and misconceptions people have about the adoption process.

<description>Adoption can be long and expensive, but now a new Seattle tech company's online platform is modernizing the process and helping families cut costs. Erin Quick, the founder of Pairtree, talks with KING 5's Jessica Janner Castro about helping families "self navigate" adoption, putting control back in the hands of adoptive and birth families, and some of the myths and misconceptions people have about the adoption process.</description>

KING 5's Jessica Janner Castro spoke with Erin Quick, founder of Pairtree, about how the company is modernizing the adoption process.

Adoption can be long and expensive, but now a new Seattle tech company's online platform is modernizing the process and helping families cut costs. Erin Quick, the founder of Pairtree, talks with KING 5's Jessica Janner Castro about helping families "self navigate" adoption, putting control back in the hands of adoptive and birth families, and some of the myths and misconceptions people have about the adoption process.

How a Seattle tech company is making the adoption process easier and more affordable

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