Letter from Michele Brown, President of United Way of Anchorage

If there were ever a moment to “Live United,” this is it. Live United happens when we fight for the hopes, dreams, and rights of all people – and when we stand up and honestly address our shortcomings in that fight. The simultaneous pandemic, massive unemployment, terrifying murders in police encounters, and widespread protests and […]

Powered by the AK Can Do fund, as of May 27, Lutheran Social Services has provided rent or utility assistance to 416 Anchorage area families hit hard when they lost livelihoods to the coronavirus shutdown. That’s almost $360,000 that has gone swiftly to more than 1300 of our neighbors. Most have covered rent to keep families housed, a precious one-month bridge to better times, and a hedge against […]

If solidarity could kill a virus, COVID-19 would be fading fast. We may be in a time of social isolation, but it is acts of social solidarity that are our deepest social connections right now. Social solidarity goes beyond feelings like kindness, compassion, and empathy. It’s about embracing the common good: seeing the importance of […]

Update: As coronavirus (COVID-19) developments change hour by hour, AARP Foundation and United Way of Anchorage are doing our part to flatten the curve of transmission. A top priority for us is ensuring we are protecting those most at risk, including our volunteers and taxpayers. Therefore, we are suspending Free Tax Preparation in Anchorage beginning […]

Yes, we all can do something about homelessness in Anchorage. We can help to prevent it. Keeping people housed is the purpose of the Walk 4 Warmth on Friday, February 7, when United Way of Anchorage will lead a half-mile walk along the Delaney Park Strip and C Street from First Presbyterian Church to the […]

LIVE UNITED – so much more than a tag line as we close the decade of a tumultuous 2019. Instability in our economy and politics, news of BP selling its Alaska assets, and the aftershocks of a major earthquake created an air of uncertainty, even fragility. But the perspective in the rear-view mirror reaffirms the […]

United Way of Anchorage invites you to join us over the next few weeks as we track Home for Good, an initiative to end homelessness for some of our neighbors among the hardest to house. This carefully planned collaboration, using proven methods, promises new light in the lives of people too often written off, better […]

Take ten Anchorage churches, add hundreds of volunteers, fortify with the work of the Municipality, AWAIC and Alaska 2-1-1, and what do you get? Zero. As in zero winter nights that a family experiencing homelessness had to spend unsheltered. For 10 years running, from the first of October to the middle of May, the churches […]

United Way of Anchorage invites you to join us over the next few weeks as we track Home for Good, an initiative to end homelessness for some of our neighbors among the hardest-to-house. This carefully planned collaboration, using proven methods, promises new light in the lives of people too often written off, better use of […]

United Way of Anchorage invites you to join us over the next few weeks as we track Home for Good, an initiative to end homelessness for some of our neighbors among the hardest-to-house. This carefully planned collaboration, using proven methods, promises new light in the lives of people too often written off, better use of […]