Beneficiaries
We are proud of our past eleven years donating over $660,000 to local community non-profit organizations helping to stop the cycle of domestic abuse against women and children. In 2007 the Alaska Ski for Women donated $61,500 from the strong financial support of our event’s donors, participants and merchandise sales. Refer to the table below for 2006/07 donation disbursements.
| ASFW Donation | Nonprofit Organization |
Program Supported |
| $48,000 | AWAIC | Abused Women’s Aid in Crisis in-take shelter |
| $10,000 | YWCA | Girls Circle Program: Each semester groups of 8-10 high school girls meet once per week. Session topics vary, yet focus on developing resiliency, increasing self-esteem and ability to make healthy relationship decisions. |
| $3,000 | Clare House | Family Enrichment Program: Healthy and therapeutic activities for women that increase their parenting knowledge and skills and raise their self-esteem. This helps them focus on finding solutions to their domestic violence, homelessness situation and making healthy choices for a healthy lifestyle. |
| $250 | Clare House | Five $50 gift cards |
| $250 | Covenant House | Five $50 gift cards |
| $61,500 | Total Donations | |
All current and future grant proposals must meet the following criteria:
- Recipient is a local nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.
- Provides services to women and children helping to stop the cycle of domestic abuse.
- Said services raise women and children’s self-esteem, and gains physical and emotional well being through a healthy lifestyle.