Do you need assistance providing a Thanksgiving meal for your family? The Anchorage faith community, Food Bank of Alaska, and thousands of volunteers are here to help provide families in need with a turkey and all the fixings. Thanksgiving Blessing will take place on Monday, November 20, 2017. Please bring proof of address to the site in your zip code. For …
Thanksgiving & Talking to Your Kids About Alcohol
For many parents, Thanksgiving is spent passing on family traditions, enjoying feasts, and teaching kids about important values like thankfulness, gratitude, and family. It’s also an opportunity to discuss alcohol and safe drinking behavior. Read more here.
“Super Advocate” Advocacy Training- Anchorage
The “Super Advocate” Advocacy Training is a free one-day training that offers tools and hands-on practice for advocating for policy and funding decisions that affect Trust beneficiaries (people with mental illnesses, substance use disorders, intellectual/developmental disabilities, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia, traumatic brain injury, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders). Who is this training for? Peers and people with disabilities, family members, …
“Super Advocate” Advocacy Training- MatSu
MatSu “Super Advocate” Advocacy training is a free one-day training that offers tools and hands-on practice for advocating and funding decisions that affect Trust beneficiaries (people with mental illness, substance use disorders, intellectual/developmental disabilities, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia, traumatic brain injury, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders). Who is this training for? Peers and people with disabilities, family members, services providers, …
Unity in the Community Dance
Everyone is invited to the Unity In The Community Dance! Crafted as a modern day urban barn dance, Red Carpet Entertainment brings the community together for a night of family friendly fun. DJ Evie will open the dance with an hour of non-stop house music beginning at 7pm. Then DJ Chester Chomp takes to the stage with a mix of …
5 Myths We Need to Stop Believing About Alcohol Blackouts
I was 18 when I had my first alcohol-related blackout. I woke up in my bed in my tiny dorm room, looked at my roommate, and said, “What happened last night?” On subsequent, similar mornings, questions included “Who are you?”, “Where am I?” and “How did I get here?” I never found out the answers, but that didn’t stop me …
Success in sobriety: Soldier overcomes battle with alcohol
“A lot of people are ashamed of it; I was ashamed of it,” he said. “It was the only way that I knew how to numb my mind.” After U.S. Army Private 1st Class Alex Hogan’s mother passed away, he found solace in the same addiction as his mother—alcohol. Not wanting to follow her same path, he found support through …
Drug Take Back
Safely dispose of your unused or expired medications. Needles/sharps and liquids can’t be processed. Year round drug disposal bags and pill pods are available at Volunteers of America Alaska. Drug Take Back locations in Anchorage are: Fred Meyer Abbott, Fred Meyer Muldoon, Fred Meyer Eagle River, ANTHC, and Providence Hospital. For locations across the state, please click here and enter …
Industry messages on responsible drinking can be muddy
“The language used in industry-sponsored messages about drinking alcohol, such as ‘drink responsibly’ and ‘drink properly,’ doesn’t do a good job of explaining to the public what safe alcohol consumption means, suggests a recent study.” An article based out of Australia has a lot of parallels to industry standards in the United States. Read more here.