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Ash-Lee Waddell (center) of Homer is one of six recipients of the 2025 First Lady’s Volunteer Award at the Governor’s Residence in Juneau, Alaska, on May 13, 2025. Photo courtesy of the Office of the Governor

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First lady honors Alaska volunteers

Volunteers from Homer and Nikiski were recognized.

Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, Cindy Harris and first lady Rose Dunleavy stand for a photo at a ceremonial luncheon at the Governor’s Residence in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)

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Harris selected by First Lady as a Volunteer of the Year

Harris worked to found the Alaska Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association

The Anchor Point Food Pantry, photographed on Saturday, April 22, 2023, is located at 34361 Old Sterling Hwy, Unit A in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Anchor Point Food Pantry to build new, permanent home

Construction slated to begin this summer

Kelley Kress and her dog, Kody, pose at Central Peninsula Hospital on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. Kress and Kody volunteer as part of the hospital auxiliary’s pet therapy program. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Volunteers bring a smile and support to Central Peninsula Hospital

Whether patient or visitor, those walking through the doors of Central Peninsula Hospital can count on one thing…

John Quick, chief of staff to Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce, serves a bowl of soup to a diner at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank’s Fireweed Diner on Friday, March 2, 2018 near Soldotna, Alaska. Kenai Peninsula Borough and Kenai Peninsula Borough School District employees volunteer at the food bank every other Friday and have been doing so for more than a decade. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough, school district employees give back at food bank

Every day the door opens at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank’s Fireweed Diner, no one can tell exactly…