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How one school is taking a stand on Childhood Hunger
Bryant Elementary School and their Parent, Teacher, and Student Association (PTSA) is partnering with Hunger Intervention Program (HIP) to provide weekend food for students receiving free and reduced priced lunch in their community. This is an innovative program where...
A new take on Brussels sprouts
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, Brussels sprouts are in full swing this time of year. They are a cold weather veggie which means that you’re probably seeing them pop up in many holiday recipes. Interestingly, Brussels sprouts taste best and sweetest after enduring a couple of...
Turkey Tragedy: A Tale of Teamwork Under Pressure
What would you do if you find out that you have to throw away all your turkey just a few hours before a big Thanksgiving meal that you were going to serve to more than 100 guests? That was a scary moment, but what happened next was even more amazing. But I'm getting...
HIP is looking for a Food Security Awareness Champion (AmeriCorps VISTA position)
Hunger Intervention program (HIP) is looking for an AmeriCorps VISTA member who will be our Food Security Awareness Champion. Apply If you are interested or share this with anyone who might be interested in this role. This is a great opportunity to champion the cause...
Let your gourd down: giving squash a chance through pasta
It's that time of year and we're up to eyebrows in winter squashes: acorn, butternut, kabocha, spaghetti, pumpkin...oh my! You've tried roasted squash, squash salad, and even squash soup... and perhaps you're not the biggest squash fan. But have you tried a squash...
Bread Renewed: Dried Cherry Bread Pudding
The versatility of day-old bread is its saving grace. It's not uncommon to see our food processor whirling bread into crumbs to later go in meatballs. Just as often we will cut it up into little cubes and bake into croutons. Another creative use of the bread that we...
The fish dish for people who don’t like fish
Although fish can often be a difficult recipe to impress a crowd, herbed white fish casserole always goes over very well with our Senior Meals guests and has become a regular part of the menu. The recipe was fished out of an old cook book and adapted for us by one of...
When life gives you bananas…
Who doesn’t love a great banana bread recipe? We sure do! The great part about banana bread is that you want the bananas to be past their prime ripeness, when most people would want to throw them out. Luckily for HIP, when we get a large quantity of bananas we can...
What is hunger?
How long do you have to go without food to be hungry? Do you have to miss a meal regularly to say that you are facing hunger? How frequently does that have to be? Once a week or month? How about once a year? Is hunger a mental state where you are hungry even when you...
Introducing our newest Board Member — Yuri Kim!
Please welcome Yuri Kim, our newest Board Member! We are very excited to have him join our team. Yuri Kim is the Community Impact Manager of Family Stability for United Way of King County where he manages United Way’s investments in financial impact, childhood hunger,...
