by hungerintervention | Mar 21, 2019 | Blog, Cooking Demonstrations, Educational Programs, Programs
Leading and organizing Cooking Matters courses are a significant portion of my Americorps service. They are a great hands-on class that allows participants to practice what they are learning and integrate cooking skills, healthy eating behaviors, and budget friendly...
by hungerintervention | Mar 1, 2019 | Blog, Participant Stories, Senior Community Meals, Volunteers
Patty Young has been a participant of HIP’s Senior Meal at the Lake City Community Center for the past five years, and a volunteer for the past six months. She loves the meals and the friends she has found there and is a faithful attendee and active volunteer....
by hungerintervention | Jan 31, 2019 | Blog, Senior Community Meals, Volunteers
Jamie, 22, has been volunteering as a set-up, serving, and breakdown volunteer for HIP’s Senior Meals Program since September 2018. Having moved to Lake City after graduating from the University of Washington, Jamie wanted to find a way to get involved with her...
by hungerintervention | Jan 18, 2019 | Blog, Senior Community Meals, Volunteers
Meet Maureen, a.k.a. Moe, the newest addition to the HIP family. She started off as a volunteer dishwasher for the Senior Meals Program, then became an official staff member in November 2018 when HIP opened the up a part-time dishwasher position. We would be lost...
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 | Oct 16, 2018 | Blog, News / Press Release, Senior Community Meals
Emebet Mamo, or Mimi, grew up in Ethiopia until the age of 14. She then immigrated to the USA and went to high school in D.C. When she was 20 she moved to Seattle and went to accounting school for two years. She has a 17 year-old son and a 15 year-old daughter....
