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Ameeca Akram, social services manager for the Salvation Army Renton Rotary Food Bank and Service Center, packs food into backpacks that will be handed out to students in the Renton School District. - Dean A. Radford/Renton Reporter
Backpacks filled with food help keep stomachs full
Today, 5:43 PM · UPDATED Nearly 50 percent of elementary students and 46 percent of all students in Renton School District qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. That means those students are eligible for an inexpensive daily lunch — and breakfast. But do those children have enough to eat at home on the weekends? At... more ›
 Liberty Square on Williams Avenue South offers rent based on income and number of bedrooms. - Matt Brashears/Renton Reporter
'Everyday' people can afford rent at Renton's Liberty Square
Dec 02 2008, 7:27 AM · UPDATED Painted green, orange and yellow, the conjoined buildings on South Fifth Avenue and Williams Avenue South are hardly invisible. But the tenants of Liberty Square may be. They are the area’s modest-income workers. The cashiers at Fry’s Electronics, Target... More ›
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