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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleHIP and the Summer Meals Program
Danielle, one of the HIP Summer Meals AmeriCorps interns, wrote this blog post explaining how the Summer Meals Program work and her experience in working at HIP this summer. I always looked forward to...
View ArticleThe top 17 things I learned as a HIP AmeriCorps
This is me, holding a few Healthy HIP Packs for kids in the HIP storage room. You learn a lot as an AmeriCorps member at HIP, especially if it’s your first year out of college and first year-long job....
View ArticleBlueberries, kickball, and bubbles: Summer Meals in review
School is back in session but, if you can, try to reflect back all the way to the beginning of the summer. In early June we start to fill up our fridges, freezers, and pantries in preparation for...
View ArticleHungry kids can’t learn in school
“What I liked about it is I get food every Thursday, and there’s yummy food and there’s bars and nice food and I like that there’s soup. Thank u for the food” – A student from Briarcrest elementary...
View ArticleWhen 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....
View ArticleBread 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleMeet Stephen
Hello Everyone! My name is Stephen and I am a new face around here at HIP. I am an Americorps VISTA member serving at HIP in coordination with the United Way of King County. I am part of a cohort of 36...
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