Amazing Details

Specific projects and partners are confirmed in late spring and are similar to those described. Duration may vary depending on needs upon our arrival.

Anchorage - Service Partners & Projects

Anchorage - Adventure Highlights

Mount McKinley at 20,320 feet is North America’s tallest peak and can be seen on clear days! Alaska is home to 20 different native languages and eleven distinct cultures. Get to know these First Nations at the Native Heritage Center and hear unforgettable stories passed down for generations. Cycle beautiful Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, cool off at the H2Oasis Water Park, and enjoy great crafts and entertainment at the open air Anchorage Market. You’ll whitewater raft down the Matanuska River and glacier hike to see stunning views of Denali.

Dare to Care

Dare to Care ensures that each and every child attending school and or camp has 3 meals per day. They developed a system with local school staff: if a child comes to school without having had breakfast and without funds for lunch or a bagged lunch, the school staff reports this to Dare To Care and they provide a food allowance that allows the child to have 2 meals plus snacks from the school cafeteria for the school year. We assist Dare to Care in their fund raising and awareness efforts such as street fairs, and local events. In addition, we will be running a day camp for local children.

SEE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT US

Kids' Kitchen

"No Child should be hungry!" It is one thing to say it and another thing to do it and that is exactly what founder Elgin Jones did. From his vision, Kids' Kitchen has served more than 500,000 hot and nutritious meals over ten years to children from low income families. We assist Kids' Kitchen by preparing and serving meals to these children.

Food Bank of Alaska

The Food Bank of Alaska believes that no one deserves to be hungry. Since 1979, they have been securing donated food for nonprofit agencies to distribute to hungry Alaskans. We will be assisting in the collection, sorting, storage and distribution of nutritious food. In addition, we will be participating in the Great Alaskan Bake Sale to raise funds for Food Bank of Alaska.

Homer – Service Projects & Partners

CENTER FOR ALASKAN COASTAL STUDIES (CACS)

CACS provides land and marine science education through their 2 field schools. We will attend their land field school called Wynn Center for a day of interactive and educational programming as well as a day of service. Possible projects include building walkways to protect the fragile and fertile ground as well as clearing trails.

Seldovia - Service Partners & Projects

Seldovia is "Alaska's best kept secret!" Get to know this tight knit community who we have joined in the past fishing, hiking and orienteering. Befriend the town elders.

Seldovia Boys & Girls Club

The Seldovia Boys & Girls Club also known as “The positive Place for Kids” provides a day camp like setting for the children living in Seldovia. The goal is to keep children off the streets and out of trouble and instead actively involved in meaningful projects and programs.

We will serve as mentors and facilitators, running day camp activities such as land sports, arts and crafts, theme days while we interact with youth of Seldovia and learn about their daily lives and in turn share our experiences with them. In addition, we will have evening programming with the local teens such as land sports and concerts.

Seward – Adventure Highlights

We take off 4 days from service and enjoy the following touring highlights in this city by the bay.

Seward is the "Gateway to the Kenai Fjords National Park," and Resurrection Bay is where we kayak and cruise to Portage Glacier for sights and sounds you will remember for the rest of your life. Mush through wilderness on an Alaskan dog sled ride with Iditarod champs on a wheeled sled harnessed to amazing race dogs. Put on your lab coat and participate in a squid dissection project at the world renowned Alaska Sea Life Center. This great trip to The Great Land gives us opportunity to work for change, and promises to change us as well.