Guest blogger and United Way of King County Campaign Co-Chairs Dan & Annie Wilson share with us their Food Stamp challenge experiences this week – Day 3.

It’s Wednesday morning and the fridge is looking very empty. We have $65 remaining and have had many discussions about how we can best use these dollars. I am going to the grocery store today and the kids all agreed I should shop where I could get the most for our money. They even suggested sacrificing quality for…

Obesity has wide-spread health, economic and quality of life impacts. It is frequently quoted as the most pressing public health issue in America. A few facts about obesity:

- More than in 2 in 3 adults and 1 in 3 children struggle with obesity or being overweight today.

- Childhood obesity more than doubled between 1980 and 2000.

- In 2010, the Congressional Budget Office, reported that nearly 20% of the increase in U.S. Health Care spending was due to obesity.

- Low-income neighborhoods are more…

Welcome to day three of Hunger Action Week!

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After exhausting income, public nutrition benefits, and food bank resources, where do you turn for food? This is a problem faced by many hungry Western Washington residents.

Food Lifeline estimates that in 2011, low income individuals missed 291 million meals because they did not have access to food. The Missing Meals Report investigates the shortage of resources available to low-income individuals and addresses the ramifications of denying them three nutritious meals a day.

As many of you know from reading about…

Guest blogger and United Way of King County Campaign Co-Chairs Dan & Annie Wilson share with us their Food Stamp challenge experiences this week – Day 2.

Well, its day two of the Food Stamp Challenge, and we successfully fed everyone breakfast and got the kids off to school.   It’s remarkable the changes already visible in our house after just one day of Hunger Action Week. The kids in general were much more hungry than usual when they sat down…

“You cannot feed the hungry on statistics.” – David Lloyd George

Hunger Action Week, March 25– 30, is right around the corner, and during the next few weeks you’ll probably hear a lot of facts and figures about hunger. There is a wealth of information at a national, state and county level about hunger. We know that:

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Great news! Hunger Action Week is next week, March 25-30. The truth is, 1 in 5 kids in King County is at risk for hunger. United Way of King County is giving everyone the perfect chance to shine a spotlight on this issue and do what you can to spread awareness.
This is how I plan to spend Hunger Action Week:

Monday: Post on my Facebook facts on local hunger with this link, www.uwkc.org/hunger, and encourage all of my friends to “sign up”…

Guest blogger and United Way of King County Campaign Co-Chairs Dan & Annie Wilson share with us their Food Stamp challenge experiences this week – Day 1.

As campaign co-chairs for United Way of King County, Dan and I have seen many caring people and organizations come together over the past year to build a stronger community.   We’ve been so impressed with how much people here in King County give back and it has given us the motivation to get out there every day…

What comes to your mind when you think of a food stamp recipient? Uneducated? System abuser? These stereotypes plague your friends, families, and neighbors who use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to make it through hard times. During Hunger Action Week, United Way of King County is working end hunger in King County and connect people with benefits that can help them build and maintain healthy eating habits during times of economic hardship.

The SNAP program allows the most vulnerable people in…

Welcome to Hunger Action Week 2013

If you’ve signed up for Hunger Action Week, you’re one of 4,000 King County residents who have come together to learn, talk, share and take action against hunger in King County. Maybe, like Mayor McGinn, this is your first Hunger Action Week. Maybe, like mother of two Kristine you’re a Food Stamp Challenge veteran and have been doing this for years. Regardless, thank you for making Hunger Action Week 2013…