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Anchorage Senior Activity Center helps Prevent Falls and Encourage Independence
Fear of falls is a risk factor for senior falls. Falls are the leading cause of the loss of senior independence. Anchorage Senior Center has programs designed to reduce fear of falling and improve senior independence. One such program is Go4Life. Go4Life, an exercise...
Traditional Food Challenge in Rural Community Leads to Positive Health Changes
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...
Watch Alaska kids get out and play in many ways and all kinds of weather
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...
Ten Easy Ways to Relieve Stress
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, with...
Jodie White joins Alaska Health Fair team as a new Program Director in Anchorage
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 Program...
Volunteers Receive ALiCE Training in Fairbanks
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...
What do a Famous Astronaut, a Weight-Loss Guru, and a Commissioner on Aging have in Common?
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...
Colby Family – a Strong Volunteer Unit
The Colby family has been living in Alaska for over 12 years; moving here from Massachusetts. Joanna (Jo) and Steve have been married for 46 years; with 2 children and 3 grandsons and a dog; with ½ the family here and ½ in Massachusetts. Jo has spent 8 years...
AHF Fairbanks Office Receives Goodcents Award for Technology Updates
We have been so lucky, blessed, whatever you want to call the generosity we have received from the Goodcents Golden Valley Electric Foundation (over the past many years). Our Fairbanks (and only satellite) office has applied for and received “partial or full funding”...
365 Days of Caring and 911 Remembrance Event in Fairbanks
We invite Fairbanks area residents to participate in our annual “365 Days of Caring and 911 Remembrance” on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Join us and discover what good our local non-profits do in the local community on a year round basis....