by hungerintervention | Nov 26, 2025 | Blog, Participant Stories
Dave is one of the seniors who attends our Senior Community Meals program. Dave started coming to lunch with us several years ago, when we served out of the Lake City Community Center. Dave has cerebral palsy, which prevents him from speaking or walking. His...
by hungerintervention | Nov 14, 2025 | Advocacy, Blog, Food Systems, Healthy HIP Packs, News / Press Release, Participant Stories, Programs, Senior Community Meals
One of three vans full of groceries bound for food-insecure Seniors. On November 1st, the Trump Administration’s US Department of Agriculture (USDA) decided to withhold emergency benefits previously set aside by Congress to ensure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
by hungerintervention | Apr 29, 2025 | Advocacy, AmeriCorps, Blog, News / Press Release
For Immediate Release Tuesday, April 29 This weekend, all six of HIP’s AmeriCorps folks were terminated or put on unpaid leave by DOGE and the Trump administration. On Friday, United Way announced the Trump administration terminated two of our AmeriCorps, Zahraa...
by hungerintervention | Mar 14, 2025 | Blog, Senior Community Meals, Volunteers
For March, we want to highlight Nga, who helps wrap and distribute bread and pastries at Senior Meals. Nga mentioned that HIP is the only volunteer work she does and we couldn’t be more happy to have her spend her time and energy here! Nga learned of HIP while...
by hungerintervention | Feb 11, 2025 | Blog, Volunteers
For February, we want to highlight Sheila who has, in such a short time, been an integral part of HIP Packs! Through purposefully placed brochures, Sheila found HIP while volunteering with Lifetime Learning Center, (who share the same building with!), a non-profit...
by hungerintervention | Jan 15, 2025 | Blog, Volunteers
As the first spotlight of the year, we would like to highlight Nick and his immeasurable contribution to our Senior Community Meal program! Nick has helped with check-in for meal service for about 8 years. Nick found out about HIP through Jerry Berger, one of the...
