Fish to Schools
Dear Editor: The Sitka Conservation Society would like to thank the generous commercial fishermen who participated in the 2014 Fish to Schools donation drive. Thank you F/V Miracle, F/V Merlin, F/V Faithfull, F/V Born Again, F/V Lucky Strike, F/V Morgan, F/V Rose Lynn, F/V Dryas, F/V Cape Cross, F/V Sea Lark, F/V Cori Ann, F/V Juanderer, F/V Indigo, F/V I Gotta, F/V Lady Jo, F/V Samantha Dawn, F/V Suunta, F/V Ip Switch and anyone else we may have missed.
Thank you to both the Seafood Producers Cooperative and Sitka Sound Seafoods for hosting the donation drive. Locally-caught coho will be on the lunch menu at Baranof Elementary, Keet Gooshi Heen, Blatchley Middle School, Sitka High School, Pacific High School, Mt. Edgecumbe High School, SEER School and Head Start once a week!
This community partnership between fishermen, seafood processors, the school district and food service has created access to local fish for all school children in Sitka. Together, we are reshaping our local food system and cultivating the next generation of fishermen and fish-lovers.
Tracy Gagnon, Community
Sustainability Organizer,
Sitka Conservation Society
Library Relocation
Dear Editor: The staff at Kettleson Memorial Library would like to say a big thank you to each and every one of our patrons for their patience while we were closed for relocation. We would also like to thank City Administrator Mark Gorman, all our Assembly members, our Library Board Comissioners the Friends of Kettleson Library, as well as our Teen Advisory Board for their continued support of the library expansion project.
Our relocation is the first step towards the expansion of Kettleson Library. We extend a special thanks to all of the wonderful people who pitched in to help us move the library to our temporary home, Bldg. 831, Lincoln Street (the old Stratton Library).
It was only through the encouragement and support of the terrific folks who so generously volunteered their time, effort and talents to help us that the whole move was even possible! Our volunteers are too numerous to mention in this letter. But to each and every one who contributed to moving even one book, or supplying even one cookie to keep us going, we are forever grateful. It was a remarkable time and a remarkable achievement. Three cheers for volunteers!
In addition, we would like to personally thank the city’s building maintenance crew of Chris Wilbur, Ken Winger and Clancy Boord, the library’s Special Projects Coordinator Matt Christner, Safety Specialist Tim Hoyt, computer and IT gurus Jim DiGennaro and Will Hanbury for their special talents, diligent efforts and cheerful cooperation in getting this building ready to occupy. Thanks go to former library director Sarah Bell, and Carol and Randy Hughey for their expert planning and endless work on the move. And special recognition to Scott and Bob Calhoun at the Sitka Bottling Company for the loan of their truck, which made it possible to accomplish our goal.
Finally, without the generous hospitality and support of the folks at the Sheldon Jackson Museum, and Bob Banghart, with the State Department of Library Archives and Museums, our temporary home would not even be possible. Thank you for your welcome and your cooperation.
Please come check us out in our temporary home!
Joanna Perensovich on behalf of the Staff at Kettleson Memorial Library
Pick.Click.Give.
Dear Editor: If you’re like most Alaskans you probably filed your 2014 Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend application before the March deadline. But did you know you still can add Pick.Click.Give. donations to your 2014 application through Sunday, Aug. 31?
If you haven’t already, please consider making a Pick.Click.Give. donation to the Sitka Local Foods Network.
Here’s how to add or change your Pick.Click.Give. donations. First, go to the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend application website, http://pfd.alaska.gov/, and find the green bar in the right column. Click the green bar, and follow the directions. You’ll need to enter your driver’s license number, Social Security number, and birthday to access your application, but once on the page you’ll be able to see your current Pick.Click.Give. donations (if any) and you can add or change them.
This is the first year the Sitka Local Foods Network is participating in the Pick.Click.Give. program, which allows people to donate in $25 increments to their favorite statewide and local 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations when they file their PFD applications. When you choose to donate part of your PFD to the Sitka Local Foods Network, you support the Sitka Farmers Market, St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm, Blatchley Community Gardens, education programs about growing and preserving food, the sustainable use of traditional foods, the Sitka Community Food Assessment, the Sitka Food Summit, and a variety of other projects designed to increase access to healthy local foods in Sitka.
You still can donate to the Sitka Local Foods Network if you aren’t from Alaska or aren’t eligible for a 2014 PFD. To donate, send your check to the Sitka Local Foods Network, 408 Marine St., Suite D, Sitka, Alaska, 99835. Our EIN is 26-4629930. Please let us know if you need a receipt for tax purposes. For more information about donating, you can send an email to sitkalocalfoodsnetwork@gmail.com.
Thank you to everybody making a Pick.Click.Give. donation to your Sitka Local Foods Network. We appreciate your support.
Charles Bingham for the
Sitka Local Foods Network
