On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, the celebration of 47 people of color about to serve their community had us extra proud. Project LEAD (Leadership, [...]

Losing a parent is incredibly tough. Losing both your parents to cancer when you’re in middle school? Unbearable. 19-year-old Zena of Seattle endured that kind of heartbreak when she was 14. Her [...]

How can a community like ours have 14,000 young people with no high school diploma? It’s sad but true.   And as staggering as that number is, you have the power to not just change the outcome, [...]

Seattle’s homelessness crisis is unacceptable and requires bold, urgent action. There are numerous reasons why 5,000 people will sleep on our streets tonight and it's our collective problem—and [...]

Mr. Downtown. Admiral. A class act. One of a kind. These are all ways you hear used to describe Herb Bridge.

The Community Resource Exchange was un.be.lieve.able! 2,000 pairs of shoes given out. 14,000 pairs of socks. Volunteers, United Way staff and clients left the event with renewed energy, hope and [...]

After 5 years our persistence has paid off! Governor Inslee signed Breakfast After The Bell into law on March 7! It’s a major victory for the 1 in 5 children in Washington who struggle with hunger.

Impactful, humbling, powerful, bitter-sweet. These were some of the words used by Emerging Leaders who volunteered at the Community Resource Exchange this week.

Government, business and community leaders gathered at CenturyLink Field for United Way’s Changemakers’ Rally on March 20 to discuss how together we can stem the flow of people becoming homeless [...]

What a powerful day! We don’t have the official tally of all the goodness that happened at today’s Community Resource Exchange yet, but we wanted to at least share some snippets. Until 2:00 [...]