by hungerintervention | Jan 20, 2026 | Blog, Participant Stories, Senior Community Meals, Volunteers
Recently, we welcomed back Nick, a long-time volunteer of the Senior Meals program, who returned after finishing his chemotherapy treatment. You may recognize Nick from this story on our blog last year. Nick is 73 years old and has been a dedicated volunteer with HIP...
by hungerintervention | Apr 29, 2025 | Advocacy, AmeriCorps, Blog, News / Press Release
For Immediate Release Tuesday, April 29 This weekend, all six of HIP’s AmeriCorps folks were terminated or put on unpaid leave by DOGE and the Trump administration. On Friday, United Way announced the Trump administration terminated two of our AmeriCorps, Zahraa...
by hungerintervention | Mar 14, 2025 | Blog, Senior Community Meals, Volunteers
For March, we want to highlight Nga, who helps wrap and distribute bread and pastries at Senior Meals. Nga mentioned that HIP is the only volunteer work she does and we couldn’t be more happy to have her spend her time and energy here! Nga learned of HIP while...
by hungerintervention | Feb 11, 2025 | Blog, Volunteers
For February, we want to highlight Sheila who has, in such a short time, been an integral part of HIP Packs! Through purposefully placed brochures, Sheila found HIP while volunteering with Lifetime Learning Center, (who share the same building with!), a non-profit...
by hungerintervention | Jan 15, 2025 | Blog, Volunteers
As the first spotlight of the year, we would like to highlight Nick and his immeasurable contribution to our Senior Community Meal program! Nick has helped with check-in for meal service for about 8 years. Nick found out about HIP through Jerry Berger, one of the...
by hungerintervention | Dec 11, 2024 | Blog, Volunteers
For December, we want to highlight Lauren who like many other volunteers found out about HIP through a close family member. Despite spending almost a year with HIP, she would still describe her first day as the most memorable: “I just felt so welcomed and...
