United Way of King County

Meet Matthew, our Community Connections Coordinators VISTA. Inspired and humbled by his first day with us at United Way while visiting some local non profits. Read Article

Ten years ago a group of individuals representing nonprofits, philanthropy, local government, the faith community, and the business community came together to discuss our community’s… Read Article

Guest blogger Kelsey Perrin works in Marketing at Nordstrom, and is an Emerging Leader at United Way. Recently she led a second Saturday… Read Article

Meet one of United Way's own, Chloe Williams, and read her experiences around lobby day. Read Article

Meet one of our newest VISTA team members Ayako Shapiro! One of her first activities was visiting a United Way grantee, Pike Place Food Bank. Read her impressions of the needs and goings on in the Pike Place community. Read Article

For kids, summer means no school. But for low-income parents, summer means no school meals. That results in a situation that squeezes many already-tight budgets… Read Article

The Parent-Child Home Program is a national school-readiness program that engages low-income, isolated families when and where it counts most:… Read Article

Way to go, community! People from all over King County came out on their day off to give back in honor of Dr. Martin Luther… Read Article

A day before he turned 7, Roel’s mom died of ovarian cancer. Roel and his younger sister lived with family friends before going… Read Article

You’re in the circle of trust. You’re one of the most important people to us. Why? Because you’re a donor of course. Because… Read Article