Thank You!

December 2020 Newsletter

Thank you for giving during #GivingTuesday

Thank you to those who were able to give during # GivingTuesday!

We are working diligently to continue to support Southeast Alaskan communities through our COVID-19 relief fund with your help and generosity.

COVID Relief Fund

Cooking Together

ROCK Juneau – 2020’s Kindness Festival (Online!)

Cooking with kids can be a great time to talk, laugh, and teach new skills. And when things don't go as planned? Use it as a chance to model how to stay calm and try again.

Kids gain confidence and skills when they get to try new things. Providing dishes and utensils for babies and toddlers to play with and inviting young children to help in the kitchen can help build these skills.

JUNEAU’S 3RD ANNUAL

KINDNESS FESTIVAL IS

…LIKE AN ONLINE KINDNESS POTLUCK…

Spread kindness, not COVID!

This year, starting with the week of Thanksgiving, we invite the ENTIRE Juneau community, to enjoy a 7 week Festival of Kindness. Each week, we've selectd a theme to focus our acts of kindness towards.

We'll announce the upcoming week’s theme every Friday during a Facebook Live event, and post the theme often on Instagram and Facebook.

Build a kinder Juneau. When we all act together, every kindness is multiplied. Contribute to a kinder Juneau simply by posting one (or more) photos, a few words, or a short video of you (and others) showing an act of kindness, on either Facebook or Instagram, #JNUkindnessfest2020.

Use #JNUkindnessfest2020 and hashtags below to follow along.

If posting is not your thing, consider donating one shelf-stable item per week to a food giving center, or leave a sticky note for someone to find, or smile or wave! Who needs your kindness?

Juneau C.A.R.E.S. Food Program Update

HELPING HAINES

The Haines Volunteer Fire Department taking a much-needed break and enjoying the meals prepared by Heritage Coffee Roasting Co.and Smokehouse Catering.

Since the beginning of the disaster response, Haines School District Food Services has been providing meals for first responders and displaced families. We are working with our United Way partners, The Salvation Army Haines and American Red Cross of Alaska, to relieve pressure on them.

On Wednesday morning (12/9) we shipped 300 meals courtesy of Alaska Seaplanes to the Salvation Army and Red Cross in Haines to distribute to the first responders and displaced families.

Wednesday’s meals were produced by Heritage Coffee and Smokehouse Catering.

Our intent was to relieve the burden placed on the Haines School District Food Service staff and to provide meals to those in need.

A second shipment of 200 meals was flown in the morning of December 10.

On Friday 12/11 a third shipment was sent up on the morning AMHS Vessel headed to Haines.

The following week, The Bamboo Room and the Rusty Compass Coffee house prepared meals to assist the community with funds provided by United Way of Southeast Alaska.

Thank you to everyone who pitched in to assist us in providing meal serive to the people of Haines. It truly made a difference in the lives of many.

AmeriCorps Service Member Feature

Jordan Frodge

My name is Jordan Frodge and I’m from Maysville, Kentucky. I grew up in KY and lived there until graduating from college and joining the Peace Corps. While I was a PCV, I served in Namibia in the Education sector, primarily teaching English and art. I plan to pursue a career in speech-language pathology after my time in AmeriCorps so serving as a literacy assistant here in Juneau feels like a perfect fit for me!

Jeffery Franklin

My name is Jeffrey Franklin and I'm an AmeriCorps member serving in Gastineu Elementary School on Douglas Island. I am a graduate from Michigan State University's James Madison College school of public affairs with degrees in Political Theory & Constitutional Democracy and Arabic. Service work is incredibly important to me and I'm excited to begin serving the Juneau community!

Help Your Community Come Together in a UNITED WAY!

Our Campaign is in Full Swing...

It has been an unusual year for all of us. As a United Way Donor, we are reaching out to you because we need your help.

We are asking that you donate to our campaign or donate through your place of work and encourage others to participate with you. This campaign allows us to continue to serve your community through our 34 partner agencies and programs that are currently in place across Southeast Alaska. A few programs your contribution could help include the Meals on Wheels Program through CCS, and funding for abused individuates and families using a safe shelter in Ketchikan, Juneau, Sitka and Petersburg.

This year donating has been made easy. Just click the link below.

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2020 Brochures

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