You gave $10 (and more!), spread the word on Facebook and Twitter, and asked your friends, family and co-workers to come together to help people in need. Thanks to you, struggling families and individuals in King County will be able to put food on the table, keep the lights on and stay in their homes.

It was especially amazing to see the community respond to our call to help the Rainier Valley Food Bank, which was robbed Wednesday night. People donated $3,576,…

We still have $7,320 to raise to meet our online fundraising goal for the Give 10/Tell campaign! Can you help? Together we can help struggling individuals and families stay in their homes.

Your gift will help provide counseling and short-term financial support for low-income homeowners and tenants facing eviction, foreclosure or utility shut-off.

Please give $10 and ask 10 of your friends to join you. It’s a small way to make a BIG difference for families who are on the brink of homelessness.…

When “Melissa” was a young girl, she envisioned a secure future with a loving husband and happy, healthy children. The harsh reality for Melissa is that she is now in her early ‘30s, divorced and solely responsible for raising two rambunctious preschoolers. So when she recently lost her job, was unable to pay her rent and found an eviction notice posted on her front door, she knew what to do. She turned to an organization funded by United Way of King County, and received…

Thank you to all of the people across King County who are giving $10 and more to help their neighbors in need. Thanks to generosity we can help struggling families and individuals keep their lights on, put food on the table and stay in their homes. 

We still need to raise $8,380 to meet our online fundraising goal! Please give $10 and ask 10 of your friends, family members and colleagues to join you. Need some inspiration? Take a look…

Please give $10 and ask 10 friends to join you. It’s a small way to make a BIG difference in people’s lives.

Spread the word on Twitter by using the hashtag #Give10, and you’ll be entered to win an HD Flip video camera.

Together we can help struggling individuals and families keep their lights on, put food on the table and stay in their homes. Give now>>

10 Powerful Reasons to “Give 10″

1. Your neighbors need your help! 98,630 people are out of work, compared to 45,480 a year ago, and there has been a 180 percent increase in the number of foreclosures.

2. Single-parent families, disabled veterans and other vulnerable people are having a hard time paying their mortgages and rent.

3. By joining together with 10 others in your circle of friends and family–and giving just $10 each, you can keep people from plunging into homelessness and…

It’s a little late in the day to be posting this, but I felt it was important to talk about some of the ways businesses are thanking our veterans and active military today.

I learned today that military veterans are twice as likely to be homeless as non-vets. What a staggering stat! To help homeless veterans and other people in need, please give $10 and ask 10 of your friends to join you. It’s a small way to make a big difference.

I pulled…

For our Give 10/Tell 10 campaign, we’re asking everyone to give $10 and ask 10 friends to join them. The money we raise will help keep struggling families and individuals in their homes.

In the spirit of “giving 10,” here are 10 holiday volunteer opportunities you can sign up for right now. You can find thousands of ways to share your time and talents year-round at unitedwayofkingcounty.org/volunteer.

Holiday volunteer opportunities fill up fast so sign up now!
1. Donate a Thanksgiving…

Thank you to everyone who has made a donation in support of Give 10/Tell 10! We still have to raise $9,500 to meet our online fundraising goal.

Help us make it to our goal by donating your Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn status update to United Way. All you have to do is update your status to the following message:

Give $10 to United Way and ask 10 friends to do the same. Together we can keep people in their homes. http://www.uwkc.org/give10 #Give10

Help spread…

It’s been a year now since the financial crisis hit. Just last week, the nationwide unemployment rate topped 10 percent–and the needs continue to grow.

We will get through this in time. But right now, we all need to do what we can to help the people in our community who are hurting because of the economic downturn.

“Michael” is a 60-year-old man who works hard as a manager at a local grocery store. His hours were recently cut, and his wife has…