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.

Follow the Give 10/Tell 10 campaign on Facebook and Twitter. Help spread the word through your tweets by using the hashtag #Give10, and you’ll be entered to win an HD Flip video camera.

Fun facts about the $10 bill
1. The first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton is currently featured on the obverse of the bill, while the U.S. Treasury is featured on the reverse.
2. Hamilton is one of two non-presidents featured on currently issued U.S. bills. The other is Benjamin Franklin, on the $100 bill.
3. Hamilton is the only person featured on U.S. currency not born in the continental United States, as he was from the West Indies.
4. The source of the face on the $10 bill is John Trumbull’s 1805 portrait of Hamilton that belongs to the portrait collection of New York City Hall.
5. The $10 bill is the only U.S. paper currency in circulation in which the portrait faces to the left.
6. The first $10 bill was issued in 1860 as a Demand Note with a small portrait of Abraham Lincoln on the left side of the obverse and an allegorical figure representing art on the right.
7. The first modern anti-counterfeiting measures were introduced in 1990 with microscopic printing around Hamilton’s portrait and a plastic security strip on the left side of the bill.
8. Approximately 11 percent of all newly printed US banknotes are $10 bills.
9. The $10 bill has several nicknames, including: sawbuck, Hamilton, yellow, ten spot and x-note.
10. The “average life” of a $10 bill in circulation is 18 months before it is replaced due to wear.

All acroos King County, there are many hard-working families and individuals like Melissa who are literally teetering on the edge of homelessness. Wherever you look these days, the needs are growing—but so is the generosity of so many in our community.

Our Give 10/Tell 10 campaign is all about the power of community. By giving just $10—and asking 10 others in your circle of friends and family to do the same, you can raise $100 (or more!) to help a struggling family stay in their home.

So far this year, United Way of King County has helped 735 households avoid eviction or receive move-in assistance. So many more are waiting—and hoping that help is on the way.

Please give $10 and asking 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.

Follow the Give 10/Tell 10 campaign on Facebook and Twitter. Help spread the word through your tweets by using the hashtag #Give10, and you’ll be entered to win an HD Flip video camera.

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>>