Recently, members of United Way of King County’s leadership and board visited the Seattle Times as the newspaper prepared to craft its annual editorial encouraging support for our programs and work.

The result of that meeting is an October 21 Times editorial, “Support United Way of King County’s Mission Against Hunger and Homelessness.”

The editorial spotlights key facets of United Way’s efforts to ensure that all King County residents have enough to eat and a safe place to call home.

• The United Way’s Home Base program has kept 72,000 people housed since 2018. The United Way has worked with the Housing Justice Project to provide free legal assistance to renters. That partnership has stopped 360 evictions this past fiscal year.
• United Way has partnered with Amazon and DoorDash to deliver culturally significant food to those in need. That partnership has delivered more than 700,000 meals in King County from food banks to families.
• In 2025, the United Way will launch the Bridging the Racial Wealth Gap campaign, which will focus on expanding Black and Indigenous homeownership.

United Way annually funds 143 organizations to address food and housing insecurity as well as issues in education and financial stability. We are proud that the Seattle Times once again spotlighted how we work side by side with communities to build an equitable future for everyone.

To read the editorial, click here.