Sunday, November 22, 2009 - Page updated at 10:23 p.m.
JOHN LOK / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Tom Brown, left, a volunteer with Senior Services, gives 87-year-old Les Albright a ride to an eye exam from Albright's North Seattle home. Brown has been volunteering for the agency for a decade and says he enjoys helping others. Read story
Seattle Times Fund For The Needy offers opportunity to give
The Seattle Times today opens its 31st annual Fund For The Needy campaign. The two-month drive, which collected a record $668,183 last year, comes as social-service agencies are squeezed between increased need and sharp cutbacks in donor support and government assistance.
UPDATE - 10:23 PM
How an old problem became a crisis
Interactive Graphic: See photos and a graphic illustration of what's at risk should the leaky Howard Hanson Dam force a major flood in the Green River Valley.
Times neighborhood news partnership
The Seattle Times has formed a journalism partnership with several of Seattle's most highly regarded neighborhood news sites. Find out more
