The Hunger Challenge is coming to a close.  It has been a lively week and a lot of lessons have been learned.  We’ve had discussions, but the Challenge and Hunger Action Week will be a failure if we don’t keep working to end hunger.  Hunger Action Week may be “over,” but the fight isn’t.

Let’s make sure that we take the lessons from the week, bottle the conversations that we had, and spread the word.  Food banks still need volunteers and donors.  Legislators still need…

As we come to end of day four, this has been the most interesting Hunger Challenge to date.  It has sparked criticism and debate and made us examine what the Challenge is and what it should be.  While some of the discussion has been difficult, I am heartened that so many people care so passionately about hunger in this country.  It tells me that we can come together and we can sustain this movement to end hunger in our community.

The United Way created…

Hunger Action Week and the Hunger Challenge have certainly captured attention in Seattle and King County.  Hundreds of people are taking the Challenge and sharing their experiences.  There has been push back as well.  There were some tweets about free food being offered at a Panda Express on the east side and a few participants may have partaken of the free fast food.  The Challenge has been called “poverty tourism” and “not like real life”.  Of course it’s not real life.  And this is…

“I’m going to have a drink of water. I hope I don’t have to pay for it!” – CJ, Magnolia Prep

Day one of the Hunger Challenge is about adjustment and will.  Adjustment to the lack of whatever constitutes your “one of these and I blow my budget” guilty pleasure.  The will is not to cheat and indulge in said guilty pleasure because, “who would know?”  This morning I woke up to blue skies and, in a bit of serendipity, Mr. Blue Sky by E.L.O.…

Hunger Action Week is here!  For many in Seattle and King County, that means taking the Hunger Challenge.  For others, that means volunteering at a local food bank, contacting their legislators, and donating to local efforts to end hunger in our community.  There is one goal for all of this – ending hunger in our communities.  We can do it, if we all come together.

It’s a timely start for Hunger Action Week.  “Policy Affects Policy“, a report about public assistance programs like…

Can you feed yourself for only $7 a day for five days? This is the maximum food stamp benefit for an individual.

United Way of King County’s Hunger Challenge is an exercise of empathy—to live in someone else’s shoes for one week and learn how you can help fight hunger in our community. You can choose to do the challenge with your partner or family.

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, KOMO radio host Brian Calvert and the following food bloggers are already signed up to take…