Happy New Year, Alaska! Many of you will be applying for your PFD in coming days. If you donate through Pick.Click.Give., please consider the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness. We work with partners to build a strong, effective community-wide response to homelessness. We provide trainings, convene partners, develop strategies and offer technical assistance to ensure that housing and supports are tailored to individual needs. Pick.Click.Give. is the easiest way to share part, or all, of your PFD. How it works: https://pickclickgive.org/ #PickClickGive #HousingSolvesHomelessness

Our wish is for everyone to be safe and warm this holiday season. If you are a person experiencing homelessness and need help, please call 2-1-1 or check out other resources here: https://www.aceh.org/anchorage-resources #SafeHolidays

❄️Our temps will remain low for at least the next 10 days.❄️ We welcome your help for people who are unhoused. Immediate needs: 🔹Sleeping bags, blankets, cold weather gear and adult clothing (especially pants) can be donated and delivered to shelters or ACEH. Scroll down for contact information. Please call or email before you go. 🔹Warming locations to supplement what is available. Particular need is during holidays, weekends, and nights, but daytime is also welcome. 🔹Uncooked ingredients for community organizations providing meals: Bean’s Cafe and Downtown Hope Center. Please contact them directly to find out what is needed. 👉Shelters: - AWAIC: 907-272-0100 - Alex Hotel: 907-267-9360 - Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission: 907-563-5603 - Brother Francis Shelter: 907-277-1731 - Clare House: 907-563-4545 - Complex Care: 907-771-7300 - Covenant House: 907-272-1255 - Downtown Hope Center: 907-277-4302 ext. 106 - E. 56th: 907-272-0008 or 907-717-6751 - Linda's Place: 907-602-2813 - McKinnell House: 907-375-3500 🍎Uncooked food items: - Bean's Cafe: 907-433-8601 - Downtown Hope Center: 907-277-4302 ext. 106 🧥Winter gear such as jackets, snow pants, gloves and socks, also clean and gently used blankets and sleeping bags. - Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness: jparks@aceh.org Please reach out directly to organizations or email Jessica Parks at jparks@aceh.org if you can help.

People ask us all the time: “So… what exactly does ACEH do?” Short answer: We’re the folks who work with partners to make the whole homelessness response system work smarter. Long answer: • We follow the data. We see the gaps. We help partners fill them — without stepping on each other’s toes. • We run Coordinated Entry and lead case conferencing to get the most vulnerable people housed first. • We’re out in the field meeting people where they are — and making sure we have updated information, key for housing. • Twice a week we open our doors for walk-ins — making sure their information is current and connecting them to services while providing snacks and warm gear. • We staff the Anchorage Continuum of Care, apply for collaborative communitywide federal grants, and lead big efforts like Project Homeless Connect and the Point-in-Time Count. Think of us as the backbone crew making sure Anchorage’s homelessness response is connected, coordinated and focused on solutions. Bottomline mission: Make homelessness rare, brief and one time. Pictured: Some of our team with recent donations of hygiene and first aid supplies from Credit Union 1. #HomelessnessIsSolvable #HousingIsTheAnswer #PartnershipIsKey

🍽Holiday meals! Anchorage community organizations are hosting meals on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day for all who want to take part. Dec. 24, 2025: Bean’s Cafe: 1020 E. 4th Ave, Christmas Eve dinner, 4-5 pm Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission: 2823 E. Tudor Road, Christmas Eve dinner, 4:30-6:15 pm Dec. 25, 2025 Community Christmas: 901 Photo Ave., Suite A, buffet, 12-4 pm Eagle River Lions Club: 18344 Eagle River Road, Christmas dinner, 12-2 pm Downtown Soup Kitchen Hope Center: 140 E. 3rd Ave., Christmas feast, 2 pm Please spread the word! Thank you for going the extra mile this holiday season! Need help from a food pantry? See the December schedule here: https://foodbankofalaska.org/hubfs/Website/Resource%20Library/FBA_Southcentral_Food_Distribution_Calendar.pdf #ShareAMeal #HelpANeighbor

Even with additional emergency shelter beds activated this winter, Anchorage still doesn't have enough for everyone seeking shelter from the cold. Other options are filling in gaps. Learn more: https://www.aceh.org/news/officials-expand-emergency-shelter-as-cold-winter-settles-in Artwork by Duke Russell shows people gathering at the Egan Center in September for the Project Homeless Connect resource fair. #ShelterSavesLives #HomelessnessIsSolvable #HousingIsAnswer

A season of gratitude for ... VOLUNTEERS! 💥We rely on volunteers to help us assemble snacks, hygiene basics and first aid essentials that our outreach team distributes to those sleeping outdoors. They also pitch in at big community events such as Project Homeless Connect. We are so grateful for their hard work, good attitudes and willingness to do whatever needed. 💙They even handmade hundreds of special cards to go into our seasonal snack packs! Thank you to Girl Scout Troop 23095, Northern Skies Federal Credit Union, Miss Alaska America Suparat Prasannet, Miss Midnight Sun Becca Sewell and other individuals for helping at our most recent volunteer event! Huge thank you to volunteers!💯 📢Stay connected! We will post our signup calendar for 2026 soon. Learn more about our work: https://www.aceh.org/ #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors #SteppingUp

A project that started during the pandemic to help people leaving the Sullivan Arena mass shelter has grown into a community-wide fund to help our unsheltered neighbors in a variety of ways. The Good Neighbor Fund, officially launched in November with support of the Municipality of Anchorage, has amassed more than $112,500 in donations from 204 individuals as of Dec. 17. Learn how it is helping: https://bit.ly/GoodNeighborFund (Pictured: Kenny Petersen at the launch event.) #GoodNeighborFund #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors