Triple the Good: Help Us Cover the Check For Restaurant Relief

Four-month-old program delivers more than meals, makes the most of every dollar. The four-month-old Restaurant and Hunger Relief program has been a textbook example of what we can do when we LIVE UNITED. Through Feb. 21, 42 Anchorage restaurants had provided 69,000 meals to children, families, and seniors to 32 sites served by 23 nonprofit […]

“Call 2-1-1.” A family in South Anchorage is struggling to pay a utility bill, a senior in Fairbanks needs help with scheduling a doctor appointment, a family in Kenai is months behind in the rent, a parent in Mat-Su needs to find childcare. “Call 2-1-1” – that’s become a routine recommendation for Alaskans who need […]

When we rebooted Walk 4 Warmth in 2020, we had no idea how good our timing would prove to be. We knew there was need. Lutheran Social Services of Alaska (LSSA), long one of our partners in this work and an agency of compassion and expertise in helping people keep their homes, had no help […]

Looking back at 2020 in Anchorage, the first word that comes to my mind is gratitude.   That might be surprising, but it’s true. I’m thankful for the way so many of you reading this have played the hand we were dealt in the pandemic – with abiding care for your neighbors that makes “LIVE UNITED” a powerful reality […]

“If you don’t have coverage, call us.” – Jane Straight, Director of Income/Health Impact for United Way of Anchorage That’s the simple message we’d like to get out during the Affordable Care Act open enrollment period for 2021 that began November 1 and runs through December 15. Our mission at United Way is that we […]

Anchorage hasn’t changed. I returned here after a 26-year career in public health in Washington state to become President of United Way of Anchorage. And I can tell you it’s heartening to say Anchorage hasn’t changed. I don’t mean that it’s the same city I left a generation ago. Of course, there have been changes. […]