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...
by hungerintervention | Aug 16, 2017 | Advocacy, Blog, Programs, Senior Community Meals
“If food assistance went away, I would starve to death” commented one of the diners at our Senior Meals last month talking about what it would mean if this program went away. We were talking to some of the guests who join us for the meal regularly. We were...
by hungerintervention | Aug 16, 2017 | Blog, Educational Programs, Participant Stories
“Why eat juice from a can when I can eat the whole fruit?” “In my country, all the food we get is natural.” These are just some of the comments from participants at our food justice classes at Literacy Source this summer. Literacy Source offers...
by hungerintervention | Aug 11, 2017 | Blog, Events, Summer Eats, Volunteers
Hello! My name is Michael, and I am responsible for the HIP meal site at Paramount School Park! Paramount is a beautiful park, and sees so many people come through every day for lunch. One element that I have really enjoyed about the meal service program is the...
by hungerintervention | Jul 20, 2017 | Blog, Events, Summer Eats, Volunteers
It’s hard to believe we’re already in our third full week of Summer Eats 2017! This year has been off to an amazing start all thanks to the work of our wonderful team of Summer VISTAs serving the meals at the sites each day. They have been such a fun bunch...
by Srijan Chakraborty | Jun 22, 2017 | Blog, Senior Community Meals
You may remember James from an earlier story here. James is not his real name, but all other details are true. He has been a regular diner at our Senior Meals for years. Recently I saw him at our meal and this piece is based on my conversation with him. – Srijan...
