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Nathan Hale Workshare Program
Do you love to garden but don’t have the space? Do you want to eat more fresh produce but worry about the cost? Hunger Intervention program is teaming up Nathan Hale’s urban farm to create a program that will help aspiring gardeners hone their skills and get...
Volunteer Opportunity: Summer Meals
Are you looking for a fun summertime volunteer activity? Well, look no further. HIP has you covered! Throughout the summer we need volunteers to help us run our Summer Meal Program, which provides a free nutritious meal to youth and their parents. This program is very...
JOB POSTING: Hiring a Meal Program Assistant
Meal Program Assistant Part-time (16 hours per week) contract position Seattle, Washington Hunger Intervention Program (HIP) is a nonprofit organization based in the Lake City neighborhood with the mission to increase food...
Cooking with Foraged Foods: Nettle Pesto
It happens from time to time: you are stumbling through some underbrush or bushwacking to get back on the proper trail and all of a sudden you feel a dull stinging sensation on your arms or legs. You have been stung by a stinging nettle! Nettle are a herbaceous plant...
Cooking with foraged foods: Dandelion Pesto
It’s spring-time, and if your yard is anything like mine, you are probably thinking of how to get rid of all the dandelions. They are everywhere, whether you like them of not. They can be a nuisance if you want to maintain a green lawn. But the spread of yellow...
A Family Project for Good: HIP Packs at Home
Most of our volunteers come to us. They come to our kitchen space for meal prep, our common space for our Packing Parties, and our host sites for our cooking/nutrition classes. However, once in a while, we get a few volunteers that go above and beyond, and take our...
Saving a paper cup
A paper cup is all I wanted to save. A normal, regular, paper cup. I wasn’t trying to change the world. I wasn’t trying to stop global climate change. I was at one of many ubiquitous coffee shops in Seattle. I had some time on hand and as a good Seattleite, it felt...
The surprising connection between oats and votes
I am most definitely not a morning person, yet breakfast is my favorite meal. Go figure. Leftover rice, eggs, and green onions is my very favorite. For some people, it's a banana on the go, while others may indulge in something that takes a little time, like hot...
Hunger Intervention Program office broken in and vandalized
On Sunday, March 20, 2016, some intruders forcefully entered the Lake City Presbyterian Church building and vandalized the office of Hunger Intervention Program (HIP) located within the church. The intruders ransacked all file cabinets and paper documents, and threw...
Roasted Applesauce
Birds are singing, cherry blossoms are blooming, and it’s slightly less rainy! Spring is coming! But we are still waiting for a lot of those spring veggies to come up and bring new life to our gardens and farmers markets. While we are anxiously awaiting their arrival,...
