by hungerintervention | Sep 22, 2015 | Blog, Summer Eats
School is back in session but, if you can, try to reflect back all the way to the beginning of the summer. In early June we start to fill up our fridges, freezers, and pantries in preparation for summer meals. We expand from one weekly prep shift to four weekly prep...
by hungerintervention | Sep 4, 2015 | AmeriCorps, Blog
You learn a lot as an AmeriCorps member at HIP, especially if it’s your first year out of college and first year-long job. I’ve always been told that the best way to learn anything is to just jump in and not be afraid to make mistakes, and at HIP I was given the...
by hungerintervention | Aug 20, 2015 | Blog, Summer Eats, Volunteers
Danielle, one of the HIP Summer Meals AmeriCorps interns, wrote this blog post explaining how the Summer Meals Program work and her experience in working at HIP this summer. I always looked forward to family meals as a child. I am the youngest in a family of six...
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,...
