Clay writes the philanthropy beat for the local business journal and after 5 years in town decided maybe he should take a shot at United Way of King County’s Hunger Challenge.  I had coffee with Clay last week, and in our discussion I brought up our work around hunger  but I somehow missed that he was going to be taking the challenge this year.   In this post on his first day of the challenge Clay voices his concerns about making it through the whole week.  …

[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…

One of the main purposes of our Hunger Action Week is to get people thinking about hunger in their community, whether that’s King County or anywhere else.

The facts show that even in the richest country in the world, hunger is still a problem.  A recent New York Times report showed that hunger in the US is at a 14-year high.

Hunger means a lot of different things to people.  Some of us were lucky that we never faced the…