by AHF Team | Oct 4, 2018 | News
A year ago, about one-third of the residents in a small, rural Alaska community decided to take on a challenge — to eat only traditional, local foods for six weeks. A group of Igiugig high school students in Teacher Tate Gooden’s classroom came up with the idea for...
by AHF Team | Oct 4, 2018 | News
Do you have 60 seconds? Watch our new video that shows all the ways Alaska children get out and play for 60 minutes every day. You’ll see kids in Utqiaġvik chasing each other in the snow and kids in Bethel jumping down sand dunes. You’ll see kids in Unalakleet...
by AHF Team | Oct 4, 2018 | News
Sometimes we don’t just need stress relief, but fast and easy relief. Here are ten simple solutions. Try them out, and keep in mind which ones work best for you, so you can use them regularly. 1. Deep breathing. Try six or seven deep breaths through your nose,...
by AHF Team | Sep 14, 2018 | News
Alaska Health Fair is proud to welcome a new member to our team: Jodie brings years of experience, new energy and new ideas to Alaska Health Fair, and we look forward to working with her! “I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I am the new...
by AHF Team | Sep 13, 2018 | News
ALiCE is an acronym for: Alert Lockdown Inform Counter Evacuate Now, you ask, what exactly is an ALiCE Based Training? ALiCE was developed several years ago. It was brought to the Fairbanks North Star Borough by the North Pole Chief of Police, Steve Dutra, who...
by AHF Team | Sep 13, 2018 | News
Famous Fallers The world has some famous fallers. Falls are the number one cause of injury, trauma-related hospital visits, loss of independent living, and death from an injury for those age 65 and older. The good news is that you can prevent falls. A simple google...
