Building the Bridge to Finish

This is a guest post by Adam Harrell, an Emerging Leaders 365 donor who participated in the recent Connect for Good opportunity at Microsoft. Read Article

3 Things That Are Working to Fight Homelessness

Next week marks four years since Seattle declared a state of emergency for the homelessness crisis. Yet, you likely still see evidence of it every… Read Article

5 Reasons You Don’t Want to Miss This at the Paramount Theatre

Eat, Drink & Be Generous is just two weeks away and the lineup is impressive. Amazing food from Tom Douglas? Check. Impressive setting at… Read Article

Dan and Cindy Brettler, Winners of The Beacon Award for Visionary Philanthropic Leadership

It all started when Dan Brettler read an op-ed by another successful businessperson who wondered why a region packed with so much innovation and entrepreneurial… Read Article

5 Picks for City Council

Want to End Homelessness? Vote!            Hey Seattle. Election Day is just around the corner and a recent Crosscut/Elway Poll showed that homelessness is… Read Article

On the Brink of Homelessness

Note: Two days after starting at United Way of King County, new employee Cesar Canizales went on a video crew to shoot some footage at… Read Article

Four Reasons I Love Project LEAD

Project LEAD—Leadership Effectiveness and Diversity—is a training program to prepare people of color for service on nonprofit boards of directors. More information about Project LEAD,… Read Article

How One Effort for Day of Caring Affects Thousands

The power of community is easy to forget. We can each make a difference on our own, but what happens when over ten thousand of… Read Article

When Day of Caring Becomes a Year (or More) of Caring and Connection

As we here at United Way wrap up the final details of this year’s Day of Caring, we wanted to take a moment to… Read Article

A Garden Party With Drama

This year’s United Way of King County Champions Celebration was September 12 at the stately Broadmoor Home of Noreen Shahani, a member of our board,… Read Article