For the past two weeks, giant forks have invaded the Seattle area–showing up at landmarks, restaurants, public parks, IKEA and even a Sounders soccer match.

Teams of enthusiastic people stood on overpasses waving the oversized forks and holding signs that simply read, “whythefork.org.”

And a @whythefork account on Twitter started posting tweets on everything from the history to cutlery to videos of fork lift stunts gone wrong.

What was this all about?

As KOMO News revealed, the answer to “Why the fork?” is:…

A food bank is not always the most pleasant place to be but the folks at Rainier Valley Food Bank are trying very hard to create a respectful environment for their guests and are looking for some musically inclined volunteers to help them achieve this goal. 

KOMO’s Michael Harthorne posted a great story on the Rainier Valley Food Bank today called “Rainier Valley Food Bank doesn’t let size matter”. The agency is planning to significantly increase its storage capacity with funds raised by United Way of King County’s Hunger Action Week.

Click here to read the story.

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,…

Every dollar given today (the 10th and LAST day) for United Way of King County’s Give 10/Tell 10 campaign will go directly to helping the Rainier Valley Food Bank which sadly got robbed last night to replenish their supplies in time for the holidays. Also, United Way is going to match dollar-for-dollar for what is given today so your gift will be doubled!

Unbelievably, this is the exact food bank that KING 5 highlighted last week in its Give 10/Tell 10 story.…