United Way of King County

In January our community came together at Westlake Park to sound the gong for each of the more than 3,000 men, women and children found… Read Article

In all my years of volunteering to read to kids the one constant is that the kids look to identify with a character in the book they’re reading. But what happens when none of the characters in the books you read look like you? Read Article

Millennials are lazy, entitled and irresponsible. Have you heard that? Yah, so have we, and we disagree. Read on to check out why. Read Article

Guest blogger Lisa Wolf works in Community Development at Washington Federal. She currently sits on the Emerging Leader Marketing Committee and was a United… Read Article

Guest blogger Jordan McKerney is the Senior Communications Specialist at Russell Investments and also volunteers at United Way on the… Read Article

Guest blogger and Online Volunteer Specialist at United Way, Carly Bartz-Overman, shares her take on the complicated issue of diversity on nonprofit boards. Have you… Read Article

April fools’! Or is it? Technically you don’t have to do much (other than show up with your tax documents) and United Way volunteers will… Read Article

The food stamp challenge became very real from step one. I immediately began noticing the high prices of the protein, fruits, vegetables and found I could only to afford enough to feed my son. Read Article

Hunger Action Week has had great momentum. People are sharing what it's like to be on the food stamp challenge and more. Check it all out in this quick list that is updated daily. Read Article

Guest blogger Lydia Albert, Poverty Reduction Specialist at United Way, shares insights around hungry kids. No, Sean, you have to try bites of everything. At first… Read Article