During the summer, children who eat meals through the free and reduced meal program at school do not have access to this service. The Summer Meals feeding program was set up to meet this need. The Summer Meals program is already feeding lots of kids, but it could feed even more with your help. Read more for some ideas on how you can get involved.

Host a Site

Do you know of a group of people that would like to host a site? Church groups,…

Get ready because United Way of King County’s Hunger Action Week is next week! To participate, you can sign up on our website and $5 will be donated by Car Toys to end childhood hunger. We’ve got lots of great information on our website about hunger in King County, but if you’re looking to learn even more you might want to check out Communities Count, a website detailing health and human service indicators in King County. The website has topics ranging from…

Hunger Action Week is March 25th – March 30th. This is United Way of King County’s primary way of raising awareness about hunger in our community. Did you know that 1 in 5 children is at risk of hunger here in King County? To participate, all you have to do is sign up on our website. For every person that signs up, $5 will be donated to ending childhood hunger. You’ll receive one email per day during Hunger Action Week, detailing hunger in our community…

AmeriCorps transformed my life. As a college graduate, I lacked a clear vision of the contribution I wanted to make to my community. I joined AmeriCorps, also known as the domestic Peace Corps, and spent two years tutoring and mentoring students in Federal Way. Engaging with Federal Way’s Latino community inspired me to spend a subsequent year as a volunteer English teacher in Chile and solidified my career path in public service. Today, service remains a central part of my professional and personal…

It was the Doodle Bug and Noodle Bug Celebration at Renton Head Start and ECEAP (Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program) on Thursday, March 07, 2013!  Students, parents and staff gathered in the gym to celebrate their accomplishment of reading a total of 24,000 minutes!  Literacy is very important at Renton Head Start and ECEAP and to promote reading the children and parents have been keeping track of their minutes reading together at home.  Their goal was to make Doodle Bug’s tail grow — and…

Thank you Amazom.com for donating $5000 to the Volunteer Reader Program (VRP) to help us connect with parents and engage them in reading and telling stories with their young children! The donation is being used to purchase books for a few of our VRP sites: Sherwood Forest Head Start in Federal Way, Olympic Hills Head Start in North Seattle, and Renton Head Start.  Books are going home with families as gifts to build home libraries and encourage more reading at…

More than half of all kindergartners in our state are entering school without the social, emotional, physical and cognitive skills they need to be successful. Research shows that those children who start behind often stay behind. We’re looking for friendly, dependable people to read with young children one-on-one (not group reading) at select preschools throughout King County.

To learn more about this opportunity, please visit our webpage. If you are able to commit to this opportunity reading one hour a week for…

To ensure that children with developmental delays/disabilities reach their highest potential, United Way of King County supports programs throughout the county that address their needs. We know that a critical piece of success for these children is direct support and engagement from their parents and families. When parents learn their child has delays, they may feel scared, helpless and powerless. But when they are connected to services and information that support and nurture their child’s development, parents feel empowered and supported as a result.
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There are many opportunities for community members to bring their skills and talents to the nonprofit community in King County.  And so many individuals in our community are ready to step up and help out!   United Way of King County is pleased to share an exciting opportunity for individuals wanting to make an impact.   You can invest your time and talent as a volunteer consultant with the Volunteer Impact Program (VIP).  Help local organizations gain the tools to effectively tap the skills and talents…

The kitchen at Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission (UGM) serves roughly 27,000 meals every month to those in need. Each night for dinner, they see approximately 350 guests in their small cafeteria, located in downtown Seattle. That’s a whole lot of chopping and dicing for the three cooks on staff, tasked with preparing enough servings to go around.

After spending Day of Caring volunteering in the Kitchen at UGM, a group of Seattle area lawyers, led by volunteer Mari Horita, got to experience first-hand all the…