by Srijan Chakraborty | Feb 22, 2016 | Advocacy, Blog, Food Systems
Wouldn’t it be nice if we had a step by step recipe on how to end hunger? We know it’s not an unsolvable problem. We have enough food. We have people who need jobs. We have data on what policies work and what don’t. But things are messy. Even when we...
by hungerintervention | Feb 12, 2016 | Blog, Volunteers
Hi everyone! My name is Emily and I volunteer as a menu planning assistant at The Hunger Intervention Program. I am a nutrition/dietetics student at Bastyr University and I began volunteering as a way to learn more about nutrition programs in the community. I have...
by hungerintervention | Jan 20, 2016 | Blog
Addressing hunger is never something that’s done alone; it takes action from people who care. It takes volunteers. Do you want to contribute to improving food security in our community? We’re looking for more volunteers across several of our programs, for...
by Srijan Chakraborty | Jan 19, 2016 | Blog, Food Systems
It was another Martin Luther King Jr. Day, more airing of his “I have a dream” speech, and tens of thousands of people serving all over the nation from painting day care centers to picking up garbage, cleaning up shelters, and feeding the hungry. For us at HIP, it was...
by Srijan Chakraborty | Jan 19, 2016 | Blog, Food Systems
I complain about all the rain storms we are getting this season, or how cold it is some days. We love to talk about the weather here, so it was no surprise when it came up as the conversation topic during one of our senior meals at the Lake City Community Center. I...
by hungerintervention | Jan 14, 2016 | Blog, News / Press Release, Volunteers
Elisabeth joined the HIP Board in December 2015. Please join us in welcoming her to the HIP family. We are very excited to have her in our leadership team! Elisabeth Saxon holds a bachelors degree in English literature from Rutgers College and a masters in...