by hungerintervention | Jul 22, 2019 | Blog, Healthy HIP Packs, Volunteers
Sydney Janeway, an Intern from University of Washington’s Carlson Center’s Undergraduate Community Based Internship (UCBI) Program, spent almost six months with HIP early this year, specifically focusing on our Healthy HIP Packs program. In this story she...
by hungerintervention | Dec 6, 2018 | Blog, Healthy HIP Packs, Volunteers
By now you’ve probably heard of our HIP Pack packing parties, those twice-a-month events where volunteers gather to assemble hundreds of weekend food packs (a.k.a. HIP Packs) for students at our partner schools. What you might not have heard of, however, are all the...
by hungerintervention | Jun 23, 2018 | Blog, Healthy HIP Packs, Senior Community Meals, Volunteers
In keeping with the tradition of amazing HIP volunteers, allow us to introduce you to Cheryl. Cheryl has been volunteering with HIP since spring 2015, where she started off doing Friday repackaging. Then, about a year and half later when Wednesday Senior Meals...
by hungerintervention | Feb 22, 2018 | Blog, Healthy HIP Packs, News / Press Release
Seattle, WA – Thornton Creek Elementary is partnering with Hunger Intervention Program (HIP) to provide nutritious meals for students in the community who are at risk of weekend hunger when the school-based Free and Reduced-price Meal Program is not available. This is...
by hungerintervention | Jan 19, 2018 | Blog, Healthy HIP Packs, News / Press Release
One of the most exciting developments in the last few years for HIP has been our partnership with schools who are stepping up to take leadership in addressing childhood hunger. In 2016, HIP pioneered a school-to-school model in which a low-needs school helps support...
by hungerintervention | Oct 11, 2017 | Blog, Healthy HIP Packs
One unexpected comment captured my attention as I was reading through our Healthy HIP Pack surveys from last year. Many of the comments are just one word or phrase like “good”, “very good”, “it’s helpful” and “Thank you”. I understand that. You can guess the number of...
