KING 5 News sports anchor Paul Silvi interviews Seattle Seahawks coach Jim Mora about United Way’s Climb for the Community. The interview takes place at Camp Muir on Mount Rainier as the Climb team prepares to summit the mountain.

In the following clip, Silvi shows the challenges facing the Climb team. CEO Tod Leiweke, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, United Way of King County CEO Jon Fine and United Way Board Chair Molly Nordstrom are part of the climb team. The event is a fundraiser…

So jokes Seattle Seahawks CEO Tod Leiweke as he and the rest of the Climb for the Community team prepare to ascend Mount Rainier.

The Climb for the Community team spent all of yesterday on the lower slopes of Mount Rainier training in “mountaineering day school.” This morning climbers started their two-day trek to the summit.

Here’s a report from Molly Nordstrom, United Way of King County’s board chair and the only woman on the Climb:

Today we are hiking to Camp Muir. We will climb from 5,400 feet to 10,060 feet. The trek is nearly 4.5 miles and will take about 6 hours. It’s expected to be

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KING 5 News mentions the Seattle Seahawks’ involvement in United Way of King County’s Climb for the Community up Mount Rainier. Seahawks CEO Tod Leiweke and head coach Jim Mora are part of the climb team. The event is a fundraiser for United Way’s Response for Basic Needs, which helps families, disabled people and seniors who are being hard hit by the economic downturn.

You can be a part of the Climb and help support people in need by giving $5 and…

It’s the start of a new workweek. And Jon Fine’s day as CEO of United Way of King County looks nothing like a usual Monday.

That’s because it’s Day 1 of the Climb for the Community, an effort to raise money and awareness for United Way’s Response for Basic Needs, which provides food, shelter and hope for people hit by the economic downturn.

Weather and muscles permitting, over the next few days Jon will be climbing to the top of Mount Rainier along…