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…

Not to be outdone by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, the CEO of the Seattle Seahawks, Tod Leiweke, has been regularly powering up Tiger Mountain to prepare for the Climb for the Community up Mount Rainier.

Be a part of the Climb for the Community by giving $5 and asking 5 of your friends to join you. It’s a small way to make a BIG impact in the lives of people in need.

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United Way of King County’s success can be attributed to the tremendous efforts of our 2008-2009 campaign chair, Tod Leiweke, CEO of the Seattle Seahawks and Sounders FC.

Tod has worked hard to bring attention to the needs in our community, and to raise money in support of real solutions. He has made a vast array of resources available to United Way of King County, and he has shown us what it means to be a strong and visionary campaign chair.

He’s also going to…

The headline for this post sounds like the opening of a corny joke, but actually it’s true! NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Seattle Seahawks Head Coach Jim Mora and United Way of King County CEO Jon Fine will be going on a “Climb for the Community” to the top of Mount Rainier July 5-8.

They will be joined by United Way Board Chair Molly Nordstrom, Costco Senior Vice President John Thelan, Boeing Vice President Fred Kiga and Wells Fargo regional Director Greg Bronstein. The climbers’…

Qwest Field is usually the home of raccous Seahawks fans or Sounders FC supporters. But today, a different crowd of people will be walking through the doors.

Today Qwest Field Plaza will host United Way of King County’s Community Resource Exchange. The event connects thousands of people experiencing homelessness in our region with the services and resources they need, in one place, on one day.

It’s an amazing event that makes a real and lasting difference in people’s lives.

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Congratulations to the Sounders FC on their first regular season win at Qwest Field!

Speaking of the stadium, even though the football season is over, the Seahawks continue to show support for United Way of King County with a new Qwest Field poster bringing attention to the issue of homelessness. You can see it in the background of this photo.

The Sounders FC are showing a special in-stadium United Way ad that encourages people to give, volunteer and take action to improve the community.…

When people are inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame, they receive a special gold jacket. Our Campaign Chair and Seattle Seahawks CEO, Tod Leiweke, has been such a great campaign quarterback for United Way, we wanted to show our appreciation for all that he’s done in a similar fashion. So at the Spirit of Caring Celebration, United Way CEO Jon Fine proudly presented Tod with a jacket emblazoned with a special patch that says, “United Way of King County Hall of Fame Enshrinee.”…