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

Young professionals, changing lives-one pair of shoes at a time!

This past Saturday 56 Emerging Leaders 365 came out to Redeeming Soles for an exciting Day of Caring project. These incredible volunteers rolled up their… Read Article

Chris Capossela and Leigh Toner Step up as 2019–2020 Campaign Chairs

We’re excited to welcome an awesome duo as our new campaign chairs, the husband and wife team of Chris Capossela and Leigh Toner. Chris has… Read Article

How A $100 Bill Changes Lives

You’re at a Seahawks game. One person starts the wave, and it lasts through the TV timeout and then some. You’re on Facebook, watching a… Read Article

Your Fiscal Year Results: Racial Equity, Homelessness, Education

In this last campaign year, which ended June 30, we’re thrilled to announce that United Way of King County donors like you gave more than… Read Article

A Regional Authority to Fight Homelessness

This week, King County Executive Dow Constantine and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced a proposal to create a Regional Authority to fight homelessness in King… Read Article

Six Extra-Interesting Things to Know About Gordon McHenry, Jr., Our New Leader

Gordon McHenry, Jr. is the choice as United Way of King County’s new CEO. If you want a deep dive on why he’s such… Read Article

Check out the Newest Partner in Helping Families Struggling with Homelessness

When you’re struggling with homelessness, it can be difficult to navigate the different systems and to get around to the various providers as you look… Read Article

Plaid not a must to raise $36M – but it helps

Innovative. Creative. Smart. All words Jonathan Sposato and Heather Lowenthal used a year ago to answer the question “why United Way?”.  They had set out… Read Article

Nearly half of community college students don’t complete their education

Wait. What? More than half? That’s right – turns out that students community colleges serve have a different experience than students at more traditional colleges. Read Article