"What's Our Greatest Challenge?"

That's the question I posed to Shelley Rotondo, Northwest Harvest's executive director, this morning when I had a chance to catch up with her. Curious? She said the greatest challenge is probably the increasing number of people coming to us in need of food.

We know there are more than 160,000 hungry households in Washington state, up from 88,000 in 2008 (which in itself is a huge number). Where are they coming from? What's going on in people's lives these days to drive them to food banks across the state in record numbers? Take a listen:

But there's some good news, too, which I'll share with you next time. Here's a hint -- it involves YOU!