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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...
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My Summer Meals Site: Lake City Court
Jimmy, with one of the regulars at the Lake City Court Summer Meals site Lake City Court is an 86-unit, affordable apartment building in our community and is one of Hunger Intervention Program (HIP)...
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Day in the life of an AmeriCorps Summer Meals Intern
Olivia with one of the kids in Cedarvale Village meal site Working with United Way and Hunger Intervention Program (HIP) as an AmeriCorps VISTA intern this summer has been both challenging and...
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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...
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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...
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HIP 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...
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The 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....
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Blueberries, 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...
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Hungry 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...
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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...
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