by hungerintervention | Feb 25, 2022 | Blog, Senior Community Meals, Shelter Meals, Volunteers
This month we have a very special spotlight featuring TWO volunteers, Sue (left) and Allison (right)! These two have been friends for over 30 years, and truly are two peas in a pod. They found out about HIP last summer through volunteering at The Oaks with the...
by hungerintervention | Feb 1, 2022 | Blog, Senior Community Meals, Volunteers
This month we’re excited to meet Sarah. Sarah moved to Seattle in August of 2021 and quickly found out about HIP through our booth at the Lake City Farmers Market. She began volunteering right away and is now a regular part of our Friday Senior Meals team! As a...
by hungerintervention | Dec 28, 2021 | Blog, Senior Community Meals, Volunteers
Welcome to 2022’s first Volunteer Spotlight! Today we’re featuring Jane, who has been volunteering in the HIP kitchen since July 2021, originally with Shelter Meals and now with Senior Meals. Jane found HIP while on a search for a food-related volunteer position that...
by hungerintervention | Nov 30, 2021 | Blog, Healthy HIP Packs, Volunteers
Welcome to another volunteer spotlight! This month we’re learning about Bruce, but if you’ve helped at our Healthy HIP Packs packing parties you probably have already met him. Bruce has been with HIP since the beginning of the HIP Packs program, and has been one of...
by hungerintervention | Nov 1, 2021 | Blog, Senior Community Meals, Volunteers
This month we’re featuring one of our longest serving volunteers, Betsy. Betsy has been a consistent presence at our Wednesday morning meal prep shifts since we started serving Senior Meals on this day nearly six years ago! That means that Betsy has been around far...
by hungerintervention | Oct 13, 2021 | Blog, Shelter Meals
Hunger Intervention Program’s Shelter Meals program served nearly 14,000 meals to residents of The Oaks in its first six months of operation. Since the program began, the number of meals served in a week has more than tripled. Read on to learn more about how the...
