More than a Mantra

We’re glad that neither T-shirts nor the notion of “LIVE UNITED” have gone out of style. Black shirts emblazoned with the words across a map of Alaska were a hit with guests at our September 10th kickoff luncheon for the United Way of Anchorage Community Campaign. We’re counting on the message to last longer than […]

This week is United Way of Anchorage Community Campaign Week. The week begins on Tuesday and features keynote speaker William Browning at the annual campaign-kickoff lunch. Browning, United Way Worldwide’s senior vice president and chief strategy and transformation officer, will talk about coming together to mobilize the caring power of community – in a time […]

Update – July 14, 2018 The failure of the Legislature to override the Governor’s budget vetoes this week is disheartening, and we encourage lawmakers to find a way to immediately fund the areas that are in need. United Way of Anchorage remains committed to help ensure the health, education and financial stability of every person […]

It’s about 340 miles as the planes fly from Anchorage to the Kodiak Island village of Akhiok. Measured in lifestyle, the distance may be even greater. But there’s no distance between the village of 52 and Alaska’s largest city in what United Way and its partners aim to achieve in the 90% Graduation by 2020 […]

Donna Avey retired last month after more than 12 years and 56,000 calls at Alaska 2-1-1, United Way’s information and referral service for people in need. Her call log and those of her colleagues would make a study in quiet, confidential service to neighbors unknown, where knowledge and skill fortify the kindness of strangers. Starting […]

Imagine you have no place to call home on a cold night in Anchorage. Even if you can take refuge at the Brother Francis Shelter or the Gospel Rescue Mission, there’s more to the cold than the ambient temperature. The shiver afflicts the spirit. Now imagine you have no place to call home on a […]

The Jan. 9 public meeting about Anchored Home, the city’s three-year plan to make homelessness rare and brief, offered a lesson in the contrast between long-range change and tonight’s needs. One man, who described himself as someone who does triage with the homeless, told those gathered at the Loussac Library’s Wilda Marston Theatre that he […]

As the 90% Graduation by 2020 community collaboration gets closer to its target date, we are focused on helping those students struggling the hardest to walk that graduation stage. And we know the students most likely to drop out are those facing difficulties outside of school that affect their ability to engage with school. For […]