There are so many EASY ways you can give to HIP!  Here are 5 that might work for you.  With each gift, you directly help deliver a nutritious meal to families, seniors and children in our community.

#1 — Schedule a Gift and Forget It!
Donating monthly or quarterly is easier on your budget and helps provide sustained support for HIP.  With monthly giving, you can decide your annual giving in advance and set up a recurring gift.  Just $20 a month provides a year of weekend Healthy HIP Packs for one child.  With a donation of $10 a month, you can help HIP provide a year of hot, nutritious meals to a hungry senior.  You can sign up for recurring gifts on our donation page at www.hungerintervention.org.  Click the Donate Now button.  You can also call Kate at (206) 317-1979 and she can walk you through the process.

#2 — Hold a Food Drive
Feeling inspired by Eastlake Community Church’s food drive?  Help us gather foods for our Healthy HIP Packs with a food drive of your own.  HIP has flyers and signage that you can use to make your food drive a success.  To make it even easier, we’ve included a flyer you can use right away.  This flyer lists the specific foods that we use in our Healthy HIP Packs.  These are foods that kids love and are small and easy to transport home in a backpack.

Best Practice: Make copies of the flyers and staple to paper grocery bags.  Hand the bags out at your work, place of worship or in your neighborhood!

For more ideas and information, contact Julia at americorps@hungerintervention or at (206) 457-2871.

#3 — Give BIG on May 6, 2014
All donations made to HIP through The Seattle Foundation’s website on May 6, 2014 only will be   “s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d” by generous donors.  To make an eligible donation, visit seattlefoundation.org on May 6th and search for Hunger Intervention Program.

#4 — Fred Meyer Community Rewards
Support HIP just by shopping at Fred Meyer with your Rewards Card.  To set your rewards card to benefit HIP, go to fredmeyer.com/communityrewards and search for Hunger Intervention Program.

#5 — Save the Date for Yoga
Two Dog Yoga is generously hosting another benefit class for HIP.  Mark your calendar for Saturday, May 4th at 10:15 am.