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Summer Meals Program Keeps Kids Fed and Learning All Summer Long
This summer, the Newholly Library in Southeast Seattle offered more than books and story time: they also offered a free supper to youth through United… Read More
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Healthy Food Means Financial Stability For Low-Income Families
Summer is especially difficult when kids don’t have access to free and reduced-price lunch at school. “When they’re out of school, they’re eating at home 3 times a day. With summer meals, they can eat breakfast and lunch for free. Read More
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Breakfast With Seattle Sounders FC
Hungry tummies for kids means little concentration in school. Our Breakfast Challenge aims to help and so do the Seattle Sounders! Check it out. Read More
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Former Summer Meals Recipient Gives Back for Summer Food Invasion
Like many youth her age, Miraclejoy is working this summer. Her job is to serve food. But she’s not waitressing or working the food counter… Read More
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Area youth ❤ you because…
How United Way and YOU are helping pave the way to brighter futures for at-risk youth. Read More
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Summer lovin’ via free food
Remember your best summer job? This summer, our top job is feeding hungry kids who, from June–August, won’t get the free or reduced-price meals they normally eat at school. Read on to see what we're doing and how you can help. Read More
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United Way Champions Get the Inside Track on Bridge to Finish
United Way’s Bridge to Finish program helps low-income students graduate by providing services like emergency financial grants, housing assistance, access to food and income supports… Read More
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Fueling the Future With the #BreakfastChallenge
Guest bloggers Tori Sarris and Yan Yan Teague are AmeriCorps members currently working on our Fuel Your Future initiative. Breakfast: we’re taught from childhood that… Read More
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Free Summer Meals for School-Aged Children Launched Statewide
(SEATTLE)— United Way of King County is launching the Free Summer Meals service for children and youth across King County. Additionally, this year United Way… Read More
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Millions of Children are Eligible For School Breakfast, But They’re Not Getting It
The need for school breakfast highlights racial inequities in the fight for access to healthy food. Studies show that the need for school meals is great—21.8 million students eat free- or reduced-price lunch—but only 12.5 million eat school breakfast. Many children missing out on school breakfast are low-income, immigrant students and students of color. Read More
