What Is Affordable Housing? from the Center for Urban Pedagogy on Vimeo.

The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), a nonprofit that uses design and art to improve the quality of public participation in urban planning and community design, created a great video and website that explains what the term “affordable housing” means.

For those of you who didn’t already know, the government defines affordable housing as housing that costs no more than 30% of your income.

The…

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All sessions will be held at United Way of King County’s downtown Seattle building located at 720 Second Avenue between Cherry and Columbia Streets. Click here for a location map.

(A group of us volunteering at Food Lifeline for MLK 2010)

Hunger Action Week has been over for almost a week now but we still have a few last minute items to take care of!  So here goes:

One last recap:

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(Gluten-Free Girl‘s recipe for homemade mayonnaise)

Well, Hunger Action Week is officially over!  We think it was another successful campaign that helped bring hunger to the forefront of many people’s minds.  Near 500 of you signed up to be a part of the campaign, over $1,000 was raised, and through  everyone’s conversations — bloggers, commenters, media, conversations — thousands of people recognized the importance of hunger and going without.  I want to send out a huge THANK YOU to everyone…

[Eric Rivera's Cooking Blog's Potato and Leek Chicken Stock Soup]

While today is the official last day of Hunger Action Week, we are going to go over how everyone’s Thursday went!

Hunger Fact:

Blogger Round-up:

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[A number of people at the United Way offices are taking the Hunger Challenge this week. The Murray family (mom, dad, and two kids) will be guest-blogging about their experience here. Today, we hear Peter Murray's perspective.]

Day 4 of the Hunger Challenge is nearly in the books, and my thoughts today have turned mainly to my health. As an insulin-dependent diabetic (I inject five times per day), this week has presented a unique set of…well, challenges beyond just trying not to think about being…

As part of Hunger Action Week, United Way is raising money for a cool project that will save food that normally would go to waste, bring more food to the emergency food system, and leverage tons more money than the project actually costs.

The project is called Yes We Can!

Here’s the basic concept: a local cannery in South King County will donate the facilities two days a week for local emergency food providers. With this time, we will take excess foods that…

[Washington Department of Social and Human Services (DSHS) Secretary Susan Dreyfus was kind enough to take the Hunger Challenge along with hundreds of others in the community.  As head of DSHS, Dreyfus oversees the food stamp program and so obviously she has a unique perspective on the issue.  Here are her thoughts on the challenge so far:]

One of every 13 people in Washington use the DSHS Basic Food program to supplement their monthly grocery budget, so I needed no coaxing to accept the United…

[Mac and Cheese from Mirch Masala]

People got past the halfway point of the Hunger Challenge yesterday! Personally, I am ready to stop living off such a restrictive budget. It’s hard for me to switch from buying two cups of coffee a day and snacking whenever I please to having only a banana for breakfast!

Hunger Fact:

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[A number of people at the United Way offices are taking the Hunger Challenge this week.  The Murray family (mom, dad, and two kids) will be guest-blogging about their experience here.]

When shopping for this week, I was worried about how much tastiness we were going to be able to squeeze out of our money.  But then I remembered the bulk aisle.  SCORE!  35 cents worth of oregano was enough to season the pasta with beans and bacon last night, with a little…