While the events in Boston have shown the true generosity and compassion of our citizens in the face of unthinkable tragedy, the recent explosion at a plant in West, Texas has gone largely underpublicized. The fallout from this horrific event will affect the lives of those living in the Waco area for years to come, and the CFD would like to help.

Click here for more details on the different charities that are on the ground helping with relief efforts in Texas.

A successful campaign begins with supportive and well-informed leadership, and we can't wait to share some of our success stories with you at this year's event.

The CFD invites our agency management and campaign leaders to join us for free food, inspiring charity speakers and special addresses from Secretary of State Kim Wyman and the First Lady of Washington State, Trudi Inslee.

Click here to check out more information on time and location.

In order to better serve its member charities, the Combined Fund Drive state office has issued a new policy requiring that all payroll contributions be at least $1 per paycheck per charity.

This new policy will help make reconciliation and disbursement easier for the state CFD office, and will maximize the amount of money going to specific charities (due to the amount of time and resources charities have to spend on each donation, many contributions under $1 per paycheck actually cost charities money).

Check out more details by clicking here.

2012 marked another successful year for the Combined Fund Drive, with more than $5 pledged to local, national and global charities from our donors through payroll contribution and agency fundraising events. Check out our statistics below and see how your agency and county or work stacked up to the rest of the state.

While you're there, you can also see how agencies in different counties around the state broke down, and check out some helpful graphs and maps.

To check out the Campaign Tracker, click here.