by hungerintervention | Aug 16, 2017 | Blog, Educational Programs, Participant Stories
“Why eat juice from a can when I can eat the whole fruit?” “In my country, all the food we get is natural.” These are just some of the comments from participants at our food justice classes at Literacy Source this summer. Literacy Source offers...
by hungerintervention | Aug 16, 2017 | Blog, Volunteers
The time has finally come to say goodbye to our AmeriCorps members, Sam and Grace, for this program year. We’ll miss them dearly. Here is a piece written by Sam reflecting on her year with us! Has it really been a whole 10 months since I joined HIP? It feels...
by hungerintervention | Aug 11, 2017 | Blog, Events, Summer Eats, Volunteers
Hello! My name is Michael, and I am responsible for the HIP meal site at Paramount School Park! Paramount is a beautiful park, and sees so many people come through every day for lunch. One element that I have really enjoyed about the meal service program is the...
by hungerintervention | Jul 20, 2017 | Blog, Events, Summer Eats, Volunteers
It’s hard to believe we’re already in our third full week of Summer Eats 2017! This year has been off to an amazing start all thanks to the work of our wonderful team of Summer VISTAs serving the meals at the sites each day. They have been such a fun bunch...
by hungerintervention | Jun 22, 2017 | Advocacy, Blog
One of the first lines of defense when someone like James falls into homelessness or poverty is our safety net programs including SNAP (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program that is more commonly known as Food Stamps) and Medicaid. These programs are literally...
by Srijan Chakraborty | Jun 22, 2017 | Blog, Senior Community Meals
You may remember James from an earlier story here. James is not his real name, but all other details are true. He has been a regular diner at our Senior Meals for years. Recently I saw him at our meal and this piece is based on my conversation with him. – Srijan...