Victims for Justice and the Anchorage Rotary Club were awarded a $10,000 Challenge Grant to completely transform Hostetler Park, home to the Victims for Justice Memorial. Through a community effort…
September 21, 2017, Anchorage, AK – Campbell STEM Elementary has big dreams of regularly taking their lessons outside, especially as Anchorage’s first STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) elementary school….
September 28, 2017, Anchorage, AK – Just a few months ago, most people passing Hostetler Park wouldn’t even notice the dark, little Downtown corner park, shaded by trees and tall…
September 19, 2017, Anchorage, AK – As the leaves change colors and seasons transition, every good gardener is preparing their plants for the oncoming snow. On Wednesday, September 20 from…
MOA Funds: $12,500 Private Funds: $5,000 Youth Employment in Parks constructed twelve 10ft x 20ft garden beds for the Fairview Community Garden expansion. They wheelbarrowed 40 cubic yards of topsoil…
YEP spent two weeks at Davis park removing vegetation along approximately 1 mile of trail to improve sight lines for added safety. The teens also graveled approximately 0.5 mile of…
MOA Funds: $6,000 Private Funds: $2,500 Youth Employment in Parks reopened a half-mile long walking trail in Russian Jack Springs Park. This half-mile long trail had fallen victim to…
MOA Funds: $29,000 Private Funding: $7,000 The youth spent several days at Jewel Lake Park repairing and maintaining this popular beach front park. They added 25 tons of sand to…
MOA Funds: $24,200 Private Funds: $10,500 The YEP team worked together to remove old rotting picnic tables and built approximately 12 new picnic tables, gravel pads and paths to…
Objective: Construct new sustainable trail with gradual slope Restore heavily eroded banks using native species Install posts and rope around access trails Install informational signage Education: Wetland functions and ecological…
The Anchorage Park Foundation facilitates park improvement projects that are driven by neighborhood initiative.
We’re a non-profit, operating outside of the Municipality of Anchorage, and are responsible & accountable to our donors' intent.
