by Srijan Chakraborty | Aug 18, 2015 | Blog, Participant Stories
This story is based on my conversation with one of our guests at our Senior Lunch Program. James is not his real name which I changed for anonymity. – Srijan “I lost everything” – James almost choked up as he uttered those words. I was sitting across him at the...
by hungerintervention | Aug 14, 2015 | Blog, Summer Eats
Hi! I’m Kiyomi, one of the interns with HIP and United Way. I’m the site supervisor for Nathan Hale High School. Our site consists of many teens from the high school and lots of kids from around the neighborhood. My site started from an average of 8 kids,...
by hungerintervention | Aug 5, 2015 | Blog, Summer Eats, Volunteers
Working with United Way and Hunger Intervention Program (HIP) as an AmeriCorps VISTA intern this summer has been both challenging and rewarding. An average day for me and my fellow interns consists of a combination of outreach, meal prep,...
by hungerintervention | Jul 30, 2015 | Blog, Summer Eats, Volunteers
Lake City Court is an 86-unit, affordable apartment building in our community and is one of Hunger Intervention Program (HIP) Summer Meals sites. Jimmy is the AmeriCorps VISTA member from United Way of King County who is the site supervisor there and coordinates...
by hungerintervention | Jul 29, 2015 | Blog, Healthy Recipes, Summer Eats
After some experimenting in the HIP kitchen, we came up with this simple yet delicious recipe for bean dip. We serve this dip at summer meal sites for kids and teens, so left the spices on the mild side, but you can always add more chili or cayenne for extra kick!...
by hungerintervention | Jul 20, 2015 | Blog, Volunteers
Mary Ann has been a dedicated volunteer helping us with our Healthy HIP Packs and Summer Meals Programs. We asked her to share her experience of volunteering at HIP and she wrote this piece for us. You can see her pictured below helping us with Summer Meals food...
