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A day that turned James’ life upside down
This story is based on my conversation with one of our guests at our Senior Lunch Program. James is not his real name which I changed for anonymity. - Srijan “I lost everything” – James almost choked up as he uttered those words. I was sitting across him at the table...
Photo Journal: My Summer Meals Experience at HIP
Hi! I'm Kiyomi, one of the interns with HIP and United Way. I'm the site supervisor for Nathan Hale High School. Our site consists of many teens from the high school and lots of kids from around the neighborhood. My site started from an average of 8 kids, to an...
Day in the life of an AmeriCorps Summer Meals Intern
Working with United Way and Hunger Intervention Program (HIP) as an AmeriCorps VISTA intern this summer has been both challenging and rewarding. An average day for me and my fellow interns consists of a combination of outreach, meal prep,...
My Summer Meals Site: Lake City Court
Lake City Court is an 86-unit, affordable apartment building in our community and is one of Hunger Intervention Program (HIP) Summer Meals sites. Jimmy is the AmeriCorps VISTA member from United Way of King County who is the site supervisor there and coordinates...
Homemade Bean Dip
After some experimenting in the HIP kitchen, we came up with this simple yet delicious recipe for bean dip. We serve this dip at summer meal sites for kids and teens, so left the spices on the mild side, but you can always add more chili or cayenne for extra kick!...
I want to be a part of the solution
Mary Ann has been a dedicated volunteer helping us with our Healthy HIP Packs and Summer Meals Programs. We asked her to share her experience of volunteering at HIP and she wrote this piece for us. You can see her pictured below helping us with Summer Meals food...
Volunteer Spotlight: Samantha, Fiona, & Chloe
Jacque is one of our star AmeriCorps member who worked at HIP last summer as an intern from United Way, and she loved it so much that she decided to come back again this year! She interviewed two volunteers, Fiona and Samantha, at her Summer Meals site...
Meet our Summer Meals AmeriCorps Team
What makes our Summer Meal sites stand apart? Well, many things: our healthy food, free meal for parents, many youth and kids activities with the help of partner organizations, and above all, our wonderful team of AmeriCorps VISTA members from United Way of...
2015 Summer Meals For Kids & Teens
Summer time is here and that means any kids and teens 18 and under can access free lunches throughout the city at schools, parks, and community centers. At HIP's meal sites, we have games and activities going on each day at the sites as well. . HIP's 2015...
Help Feed Lake City Kids this Summer!
Hunger Intervention Program (HIP) is serving FREE summer lunches to kids in the Lake City area this summer and we need your help! We are looking for volunteers who love to prepare and serve delicious lunches, lead fun activities for kids, get the word out so we can...
