by hungerintervention | Aug 16, 2017 | Advocacy, Blog, Programs, Senior Community Meals
“If food assistance went away, I would starve to death” commented one of the diners at our Senior Meals last month talking about what it would mean if this program went away. We were talking to some of the guests who join us for the meal regularly. We were...
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...