Nine College Scholarships Awarded to Skiers! 

There was an outstanding pool of applicants for this year's NSAA college scholarships. A total of $9,000 was awarded to nine skiing scholars.
 
UAA students Melissa Flynn and Iain Miller will receive Dr. Elizabeth Tower Memorial scholarships thanks to the generosity of Dr. Tower's family and friends. NSAA scholarships were awarded to Dimond High student Sara Falconer, Chugiak High student Isaac Lammers, South High students Alexandra Cress and Kianna Wika, Service High students Jordon Pruszenski and Forrest Tarbath and West High student Doug Watts. 

Congratulations and good luck to all NSAA college bound student/athletes. The NSAA Scholarship Fund is supported by member donations and proceeds from Anchorage Cup Race Series. It is a fund of the Alaska Community Foundation.

West Anchorage District Plan

The new West Anchorage District Plan is in the last stage of the planning process - a public hearing before the Assembly on Tuesday, June 5th at 6pm.
 
Included in the Plan is a land exchange between the Municipality and the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. This exchange could allow the airport to acquire Pt. Woroznof Park and a section of the Coastal Trail running through it for development of another North-South Runway or other industrial development.
 

If you are interested in the future of the Coastal Trail please make your voice heard at the public hearing at the Loussac Library 1st floor Assembly Chambers, Tuesday June 5th at 6pm. You may also email your assembly person HERE.

CLICK HERE for more information from MOA Planning Dept

CLICK HERE for more information from Alaska Center for the Environment. 

We Need Your Help!

Do you bike, hike or roller ski at Kincaid Park? We need help watering those beautiful flower rings in front of the Chalet. Those color-packed rings are NSAA's adopt-a-garden project. We'd love to add you to our list of folks that help keep them beautiful. We will be planting tonight and need help watering soon.

If you can spare a few minutes at the end of your workout give us a call 276-7609 or  send us an email.  

This year, the Alaska Ski for Women Grants committee awarded $62,060 to five great organizations working to stop the cycle of domestic violence in Alaska

AWAIC, Anchorage: Children's advocate staffing

AWARE, Juneau: Girls on the Run program  

staffing   

Covenant House, Anchorage: Equipment for Young Mother's Fitness Club

Sanding Together Against Rape, Anchorage: Victim's Healing Workshops

YWCA, Anchorage; Girls Circle & Council for Boys and Young Men

A huge thank you to all our Alaska Ski for Women participants for making this possible!

Feb 3, 2013 

Save the date for the next Alaska Ski for Women

Beware of moose!

This time of year mamma moose are fiercely defending their new born calves. Be extremely careful biking especially when there is limited line-of-sight. CLICK HERE for an Alaska Dispatch article about recent encounters.