Sitkans Invited
To Share Ideas
About Giving
As the holiday season nears, Sitka Legacy Foundation and Sitka Public Library hope to spark a community conversation about giving.
Every faith and every culture has traditions around giving. Sitka Legacy Foundation celebrates giving in Sitka, and is interested in learning from Sitkans about their cultural, religious and family traditions around giving.
The foundation is seeking small works of art in all media – poetry, prose, spoken word, video, and visual arts – that express traditions of giving. With permission, the foundation would be honored to share this work with the community during the holiday season through social and traditional media, and displays at Sitka Public Library in December.
The foundation and the library will accept submissions through Friday, Dec. 3. Guidelines for submission are available on the Foundation’s website here: https://sitkalegacy.org/give-us-yourthoughtson-giving/
Sitkans of all ages, races, faiths and cultural traditions are encouraged to contribute, the foundation said.
Extension Hosts
Virtual Food Series
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service’s Extension Kitchen program will host an online series of food preservation workshops this month via Zoom.
Classes are 5:30-7 p.m. on Tuesdays, taught by Extension Agent Sarah Lewis from the Juneau District Office. Each class costs $10. Door prizes are being offered to participants.
Topics include building a food secure pantry, canning fruit and berries, preserving herbs, dehydrating vegetables, cooking mixes and sourdough starter, making and canning pickles, canning meat and vegetables, making jerky, and pressure canning spaghetti sauce. Go to sitkalocalfoodsnetwork.org for more details about the series and a link to the registration page.
Women’s Book
Group to Meet
The Women’s Book Group will hold a Zoom meeting to discuss ‘‘This Is Chance! The Great Alaska Earthquake, Genie Chance and the Shattered City She Held Together’’ by Jon Mooallem at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 9.
Women are being encouraged to call Dorothy at 747-3412 to receive an emailed invitation.
UAS Fall Lecture
Series on Friday
The annual fall lecture series Evening at Egan will continue 5-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, with a virtual presentation by Jason Gootee. He will provide a look at the environment for health insurance in Alaska.
Gootee has worked for more than 15 years in the health insurance industry and is widely recognized as a thought leader and civic influencer, committed to helping communities transform the way they provide and pay for healthcare.
He currently serves as vice president of strategic market development at Moda Partners, headquartered in Portland, Oregon, and serves on the UA Foundation board of directors.
This year due to the COVID-19 pandemic all Evening at Egan events will be offered virtually using Zoom. The full line-up of speakers and registration links is currently live at uas.alaska.edu/eganlecture. Once registered, a link is provided to the participant. After each event, the lectures are posted to the UAS YouTube channel. Videos also can be accessed at uas.alaska.edu/eganlecture, with the button for each lecture changing its label from “free registration” to “watch video.”
Networking Lunch
Set for Nov. 18
The Sitka Health Summit Coalition’s monthly Wooch.een (together in Tlingit) health networking and learning meeting will be held virtually noon-1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18.
Its purpose is to spark partnerships and to promote cross sector collaboration, learning, and networking to improve the well-being in Sitka. For information go to sitkahealthsummit.org. If interested in joining the meeting, contact Amanda Roberts at amandar@searhc.org for the Zoom meeting connect information.
