As our Alaska edition arrives on our reader’s doorsteps, our hearts break for all those in the area who are currently dealing with the aftermath of Typhoon Halong. We send our love and thoughts to all residents in the region.
On October 11, the remnants of Typhoon Halong struck Alaska’s southwest coast with hurricane-force winds, unleashing record-breaking flooding across numerous Alaska Native villages. Evacuees and rescue workers report scenes of widespread devastation: utility poles snapped in half, boardwalks—the lifelines of many tundra communities—torn from the ground, and homes ripped from their foundations, some carrying families still inside.
State officials estimate that more than a thousand residents have been displaced, with many unable to return to their homes. The storm has claimed one life, left two people missing, and destroyed or severely damaged dozens of houses, particularly in the hardest-hit villages of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok.
The Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund
The Alaska Community Foundation, an Anchorage-based nonprofit, has partnered with organizations serving people throughout the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region, Norton Sound and the Northwest Arctic to fund and provide support to these affected communities. Click Here.
The Red Cross:
The Red Cross is helping with disaster relief in Western Alaska and managing evacuee shelters in Anchorage. Donate here.
Bethel Friends of Canines
Bethel Friends of Canines is accepting donations to help charter planes evacuate dogs from storm-impacted villages and to assist with supplies and care for the displaced pets. Learn More Here.
The Association of Village Council Presidents (AVCP) may need volunteers to help with sorting and palleting donations to send out to impacted communities. Stay tuned to AVCP’s Facebook page for updates about opportunities.
The city of Anchorage is sending out regular emails with volunteer opportunities and other ways to help. Fill out the form to receive the emails. For specific volunteer questions, email clare.ross@anchorageak.gov.
Sign up with the Alaska Native Heritage Center to volunteer serving meals in Anchorage’s two mass shelters. The Egan Center or The Alaska Airlines Center
For specific volunteer questions, email bbaldwin@alaskanative.net.
Sign up to foster pets relocated from Western Alaska through:
Bethel Friends of Canines. If you are interested in fostering a dog, you can contact them through their Facebook page.
Anchorage Animal Care and Control
Typhoon Halong Missing and Found Dogs have been rescued from Kipnuk, Kwig, Napakiak, Nightmute, or Tuntutuliak and are missing their owners.
Medical and behavioral health professionals can sign up for future volunteer opportunities by emailing dhsseoc@alaska.gov.
The state is collecting names of volunteers who are able to go out to villages to help with repairs next spring. Email: storm2025@ready.alaska.gov.
Housing: If you have places for people to stay, such as micro-units, apartments or hotels and would like to help house evacuees, Email: EOCServiceBranchDir@anchorageak.gov.
Donations in Western Alaska:
The Association of Village Council Presidents (AVCP) is promoting an Amazon wish list with current supply needs, including bedding, diapers and children’s toys, that will ship directly to Bethel Community Services Foundation in Bethel. AVCP needs mattresses and air mattresses, beds-in-a-bag, pillows, laundry detergent, fabric softener, dish soap, tissues and paper towels. Donations can be dropped off at Bethel Search and Rescue headquarters.
Donations in Anchorage:
Alaska Native Heritage Center is seeking donations of traditional Alaska Native foods, as well as bulk frozen food donations, to use for community gatherings and will distribute food to families who are hosting displaced individuals. All donations should be frozen and harvested within the past year. Call 907-205-0068. Or sign up to donate. Email nativefoods@alaskanative.net to receive food.
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is accepting all traditional food in good condition to feed evacuees staying in shelters in Anchorage. Drop off donations Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at ANTHC Lodging, located at 4001 Tudor Centre Drive, or, to arrange for an off-hours donation, email NativeFood4Life@anthc.org.
Donate perishable and nonperishable foods to the Alaska Food Bank at 2192 Viking Dr., open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is a drop box to donate non-perishable foods outside of business hours. The food bank only accepts subsistence foods that have been commercially processed.
Team Rubicon is accepting new items at the old Chugach Electric warehouse at 1120 E 1st Ave, seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Find an updated list of needed items on their Facebook page.
Anchorage Animal Care and Control needs dog food, gallon jugs of water, blankets and towels for pets evacuated from Western Alaska. Drop off donations in the parking lot at 4711 Elmore Rd, or purchase items from their Amazon Wishlist.
Alaska Rural Veterinary Outreach is collecting dog food for evacuated dogs at Southside Animal Hospital at 12000 Industry Way.
Alaska Bead Company is doing a bead and craft supply drive, with goods to go to evacuees in Anchorage and people in Western Alaska. Drop supplies off at the store, at 2217 East Tudor Rd., during business hours through Nov. 1.
Tandy Leather is collecting leather and other craft goods. Items can be dropped off at the store, 2217 East Tudor Rd., during business hours.
Other donations:
The Fairbanks nonprofit Straw for Dogs is fundraising to provide doghouses and straw for families in the region. Learn more here.
If there are any resources not listed above that would be valuable to share, please let us know at: hello@quiltfolk.com.
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