by Srijan Chakraborty | Oct 25, 2017 | Blog, Educational Programs
Everybody knows about the elephant in the room we don’t talk about, but what about the invisible gorilla we don’t see? If you haven’t seen the video, I highly recommend it. It blew my mind when I saw it for the first time. Recently I read an article...
by hungerintervention | Oct 23, 2017 | Senior Community Meals, Volunteers
Darcy, HIP’s Meal Program Manager, introduces one of our volunteers, Earl, who bakes fresh bread rolls from scratch for our Senior Meals Program. I consider myself a confident cook. Or at least you would hope so considering I run our Community Senior...
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...
by hungerintervention | Sep 11, 2017 | Blog, Summer Eats
Meadowbrook View (MBV) is one of HIP’s newest sites so no one really knew what the site or the kids would be like. By chance I was left with MBV after everyone chose the sites they wanted, and I was willing to be the first human test subject for this site. I was the...
by hungerintervention | Aug 21, 2017 | Blog, Summer Eats, Volunteers
My time as a summer meals member at HIP is coming to an end; however, it has been a rewarding experience to serve and interact with the community members in the Lake City and Shoreline area. My main site has been serving lunch at the Shoreline Library and it has been...
by hungerintervention | Aug 16, 2017 | Blog, Events, Summer Eats, Volunteers
At the end of the 2016-2017 academic year my supervisor, Lydia Landrey, asked me what I wanted to do this summer to help with United Way of King County’s Summer Food Invasion. Without missing a beat, I asked to work with the Hunger Intervention Program again. After...
