Our response to the COVID-19 pandemic has rightly dominated the work of United Way of Anchorage and its dozens of partners for the last two years. From rent assistance and restaurant and hunger relief to childcare support and outreach into underserved communities for accurate COVID information and vaccine access, United Way has been a leader, […]
Walk 4 Warmth 2022
Published March 4, 2022, by Frank Gerjevic Would that we could Walk 4 Warmth all together again. Two years ago, United Way of Anchorage gathered partners old and new and restarted the Walk 4 Warmth to help our neighbors with rent and utility assistance. Few, if any of us, knew just how timely that walk […]
Peer Leader Navigators Lead The Way
Start with a startling fact – the overall health of immigrants and refugees who come to Alaska declines during the first five years they’re here. That’s not peculiar to Alaska; it’s part of a well-documented American experience for new arrivals, a result of culture shock and all the barriers encountered in a new land. Our […]
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
Dom Meriweather recently sat down his 5-year-old daughter and explained why the work done by Martin Luther King Jr. was so important. “I told her that during those times, we weren’t treated as equals, and that we were looked down upon,” Meriweather said. Meriweather spent the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service by working […]
Good Tidings as 2022 Begins
Here at United Way of Anchorage, we bring good tidings as the year 2022 begins. And we know that any good news has been especially welcome during these last two years. For 2020, the year of COVID-19, racial turmoil and the stark revelations of systemic racism, and deep, bitter political divisions, invaded 2021. And 2021 […]
United Way Navigators Are Here to Help
Published December 12, 2021, by Frank Gerjevic There’s still time to sign up for health care – and navigators to show the way. The woman came with her shoulders hunched, braced for bad news. Instead of bad news, she met Jennifer Brandt, one of United Way’s health care navigators working at an Affordable Care Act […]
Generosity Matters and Multiplies
In the spirit of the Thanksgiving season, we thank our donors, the thousands of people in Anchorage and beyond who continue to provide the financial foundation of our work. We’re especially grateful to those of you who have invested in our work consistently over the years – in some cases for decades. We know that […]
A Message from our Community Campaign Chair
Published October 4, 2021, by John Sims Hi, I’m John Sims, President of ENSTAR Natural Gas Company and this year’s United Way of Anchorage Community Campaign Chair. For decades, ENSTAR has worked closely with United Way, and for the last 16 years I’ve had the pleasure of being a part of that work. Keeping our […]
From UNITE to SURVIVE to UNITE to THRIVE
“UNITE to THRIVE” is the theme of the 2021 United Way of Anchorage Community Campaign. We chose that theme knowing full well that some current and recent events, both local and national, make this look like a bleak season for unity. But we’re not whistling in the dark. The rallying cry of “UNITE to THRIVE” […]
School District, Families Team Up to Flatten the Kindergarten Learning Curve
Published July 26, 2021, by Cecelia DeKorne Kindergarten in the 2020s is a tougher gig than play, sing and snack, and only one-third of Anchorage children are kindergarten-ready on the first day of school. It’s a sobering notion that only a third of our children are ready for kindergarten, but that should challenge rather than […]
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