by Srijan Chakraborty | Nov 27, 2025 | Blog, Food Systems, History
Many years ago, a co-worker lamented to me that her daughter refused to celebrate Thanksgiving with her. This co-worker loved Thanksgiving. For her, it was a holiday rooted in gratitude and family bonding. On the other hand, her daughter saw Thanksgiving as a holiday...
by hungerintervention | Jan 17, 2019 | Blog, History
Special thanks to Alex Nguyen for being our volunteer photographer at the...
by hungerintervention | Dec 20, 2018 | Blog, History, Volunteers
During HIP’s ten-year anniversary event, former Executive Director, Kate Ortiz, recounts her experience in the old HIP office. In my working career before HIP, I had always had unconventional work spaces. A past office space always ran 10-20 degrees hotter than...
by hungerintervention | Nov 20, 2018 | Blog, History
Ever wonder how HIP got its name? Well wonder no more! Allow us to take you on a journey through HIP’s history, starting from its nascence in the 1990s. Back in the early ’90s, Linda Berger (pictured above) began working with Operation: Sack...
by hungerintervention | Oct 16, 2018 | Blog, History
Barb, one of our regular meal Senior Meal volunteers, recounts her experience marching with HIP in the Lake City Seafair Parade a few years ago. It was summertime in Lake City, so the weather was beautiful. The salmon festival parade was coming up and HIP needed...
by hungerintervention | Aug 21, 2018 | Blog, History
Even before HIP was officially an organization, we struggled with transportation. We really needed a cargo van to transport Northwest Harvest, Food Lifeline, and other food donations safely. For some years our personal Subaru Legacy station wagon did the job, which we...
