Farewell from Bryn

Farewell from Bryn

“No you can’t stack one more box on top I’m at my max already.” Bryn arrived at HIP two years ago as a new graduate of McGill University in Montreal. While managing senior meals, she has navigated through kitchen floods, a pandemic requiring more meals than ever, a...
AmeriCorps volunteer responds to a crisis

AmeriCorps volunteer responds to a crisis

AmeriCorps volunteer Frankie Beach My name is Frankie Beach and I am currently serving as Food Security and Nutrition Program Coordinator with Hunger Intervention Program (HIP) in Lake City, Seattle.  Since the COVID-19 outbreak, HIP has been in crisis mode, trying to...
When it rains, it floods

When it rains, it floods

Covid-19 musings from HIP’s Meal Program Manager, Darcy Buendia. Your brain can’t function in emergency mode forever. Eventually, you just become numb and a “new normal” is born.  There was a period of a few weeks in which, here at HIP, we were...