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...
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 hungerintervention | Jun 22, 2017 | Blog, Educational Programs, Summer Eats
A note from Ty, our Summer Meals outreach and activities coordinator extraordinaire! It is the middle of June and Summer Eats is only a week away. Planning the activities and securing all of the volunteers has been a mingle of creativity, some long hours, and of...