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Why my AmeriCorps term at HIP is totally worth it
As Kelly, one of our superstar AmeriCorps members this year, completes her first quarter at HIP, she reflects on her experience so far. I’ve been with with HIP for 3 months now, and for those of you who don’t know, 3 months is a milestone in Americorps time. I’m...
It’s all connected
The modern grocery store is designed to hide the impact of seasons on the consumer. What a reality check it was, when the volunteer who does the grocery shopping for our Senior Meal Program had to report back that there were no oranges. No oranges? No oranges, because...
HIP Meals for the winter shelter
Hot nutritious meals for people experiencing homelessness Every year when the fall season rolls around and our good friends at the Lake City Partners Ending Homelessness start their winter shelter program for people experiencing homelessness in our neighborhood, we...
Learning the joy of cooking
HIP Cooking Matters classes in the community for teens and adults We had a cooking matters class earlier this year with a Muslim women's group at the North Seattle Family Center. They liked the class so much that they signed up their teen-aged girls! Kelly, one of our...
Introducing our newest Board Member!
Please welcome our newest Board Member -- Carrie Bates. We are excited to have her join our team! Carrie is a Corporate Relations Officer at United Way of King County where she has worked since 2014 bringing people together to build a stronger community where people...
What we don’t see can hurt us
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 in the New York...
Earl’s rolls: baked with love
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 Meal...
Meet HIP’s new AmeriCorps members!
Kelly and Heather, our two new AmeriCorps members, joined HIP at the beginning of October just as our new school year programming was picking up steam! We are excited to have them join our team. Please welcome them and stop by to say 'hi'! Kelly Bounxayavong Guess...
Power is the understanding that we can create change
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...
A Love Letter from Grace
Grace was one of the AmeriCorps members with HIP for the 2016-17 program year. Her term with HIP ended last month. This is a letter she wrote to us reflecting on her time with HIP. What to say as my time has ended and I must leave? What to say about the people HIP has...
