Due to long lines and short supplies, Southeast Alaska Food Bank is asking for help to continue providing food to hungry families. “Last week we saw 283 people needing assistance between the two ...

Cara Durr, ceo for Food Bank of Alaska, outside Alaska Public Media Studios on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. Last year, food banks across the country saw record high demand for their services ...

Mike Dunleavy put toward supporting food banks is staged for delivery in Food Bank of Alaska’s Anchorage warehouse on April 21, 2023. (Claire Stremple / Alaska Beacon) Southeast Alaska Food Bank ...

In rural Alaska, where food costs can be astronomical and food banks or pantries are rare, residents are experiencing particularly dire consequences from the unprecedented backlog, advocates say.

On Saturday, Oct. 14, the Southeast Alaska Food Bank conducted a very successful food drive at Super Bear IGA. This food drive yielded 532 pounds of canned goods, plus cash donations. On behalf of ...

Funding is being directed to help stock Alaska food pantries as part of a broader effort to address a state backlog in processing food stamp benefits. Major delays by the state in processing ...

they were handing out emergency boxes of food for the Food Bank of Alaska, helping local families through the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of households visiting the Sam's Club food distribution ...

Ron Meehan, who manages policy and advocacy for the Food Banks of Alaska, said that money should last about six weeks. (Food Bank of Alaska) Thousands of Alaskans waited months for food stamps ...

Last month, the state also announced a $1.7 million grant to the Food Bank of Alaska and its partners to help stock food banks and pantries statewide struggling to meet the increased demand as ...

The Food Bank of Alaska and its partners handed out groceries to around 10,000 families this week, with events on Saturday in the Mat-Su and Monday in Anchorage. Each box is enough for a family to ...

A lot of the food is purchased from the Southeast Alaska Food Bank, which serves as a distributor for many of Juneau's food shelves, pantries, homeless shelters and other service organizations.