For those of you keeping track of our Hunger Action Week activities (which is everyone, right?), you know that United Way and Rainier Valley Eats organized the volunteer project for the week: a food security survey in the Rainier Valley neighborhoods of Seattle. The project was a great opportunity for all involved and we learned a lot from our generous volunteers and the community participants who shared some of their experiences around food and hunger in the Rainier Valley. You can read one…
Last week United Way of King County was thrilled to host two special volunteer events, organized in partnership with the City of Seattle PeoplePoint program and our very own Bridge to Basics program. Together we put on two volunteer phone banking nights to call clients who had applied for City of Seattle benefits but were still missing key information from their applications after an initial letter from the City. Without completing all the information on the applications, these clients couldn’t be considered for important City…
Meet United Way of King County’s newest pool of mini-grantees! These organizations are on the front lines of community efforts to end hunger in King County and we are proud to support their work.
The Rainier Valley Eats! Coalition (RaVE), a community coalition developed under the leadership of Seattle Tilth, Community Kitchens Northwest, King County Public Health and the United Way of King County, works to reduce food insecurity and promote good nutrition in low-income populations in the Rainier Valley. As part of…
| Do you or someone you know struggle with budgeting? Mortgage payments or foreclosure threats? Investments? Credit card debt? On Saturday, October 22, you are invited to the Seattle Financial Planning Day to receive free, professional financial advice, including workshops and one-on-one planning sessions on these topics and many more! The City of Seattle, the Financial Planning Association, and Mayor Mike McGinn – in partnership with the South King County Asset-Building Collaborative, United Way of King County, and |
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As new Hunger-Free King County AmeriCorps VISTAs at United Way, Nora and I wanted to engage with some of UWKC’s anti-hunger community partners and see what’s happening on the ground. So this past Saturday we ventured out to the Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands (formerly the Atlantic City Nursery) for the groundbreaking ceremony and the Community Farm Festival, hosted by the Friends of Atlantic City Nursery and Seattle Tilth. We had previously visited the farm for a meeting with the Rainier…
The recent release of new national poverty, health coverage, and income figures for 2010 has sparked a flurry of discussion and debate about poverty in the United States. The U.S. Census Bureau published its report on September 13, galvanizing diverse groups to present analysis and policy suggestions.
The Data: Poverty on the rise
Some of the key findings from census data:
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The USDA has just released its report on Household Food Security for 2010 and it contains some disturbing findings – proof of the continuing national trends in failure to meet basic needs, especially since the 2008 recession. As a supplement to the annual Current Population Survey, the report analyzes data taken from 44,757 representative households all across the country. The report focuses on national trends but contains some break down state by state, which helps illuminate the bigger picture as well as the work that…
