Many Shelters in Seattle, New One Get Thumbs Up

Downtown Emergency Service Center and the City of Seattle, both our partners in ending homelessness in the greater Seattle area, open a new 24-hour Navigation Center shelter on July 12. See how it's breaking shelter etiquette to get results. Read Article

Summer Food Invasion’s Anti-Poverty Mission

While’s school’s out for the summer, many kids are at risk of hunger because they aren’t accessing free meals. We’re teaming up with 100 AmeriCorps VISTA members, No Kid Hungry & City of Seattle to make healthy meals available to young people 18 and under all summer long! Read Article

Increase food Access for Kids. End lunch shaming.

Recent coverage of lunch shaming children for unpaid lunch bills highlights a need to compassionately address poverty and hunger in our schools. No kid should have to worry about where breakfast is coming from or how to pay for it. Local father Jeff Lew thought so, and took action by raising money to erase the Seattle school lunch debt. It’s amazing what one everyday hero can do, and schools have the ability to do even more. Good news: it’s easy! Read Article

How WA Can Step up and Give Kids Breakfast After the Bell

The national school breakfast program is designed to address hunger, but it isn't working as well as it could in Washington. We rank 45th in the nation in program participation among low-income kids. Why? Often, schools don’t think they have the time. But Breakfast After the Bell makes it easy. Read Article

Kimberly Harris Recaps Year As Campaign Chair

What did Puget Sound Energy CEO Kimberly Harris really think of her year as United Way’s campaign chair? See what insights she recently shared with United Way staff and where she sees opportunity for nonprofits in our community. Read Article