Why it matters: One in four Anchorage children is hungry. One in ten adults is not sure where the next meal is coming from. Alaska ranks in the top 10 states for per capita incidences of domestic violence and sexual assault. Alaska women suffer from some of the country's highest rates of suicide. United Way of Anchorage believes no one should have to go hungry, suffer violence and abuse or face the night without shelter or warm clothing.
OUR VISION:
Community Impact Goals:
United Way of Anchorage continues to work on providing a safety net for people in crisis, but now we are sharpening our focus on measurably reducing the number of people in the community experiencing hunger.
United Way is working hard with its service partners, churches, food pantries, and volunteer supply logistics and business consultants to come together as a system, to get more food to more people more quickly at less cost.
This system approach has already enabled a collaboration to provide 50,000 meals a year to hungry kids at preschool and after-school sites, a service that wasn't available just a few years ago.