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Calendar & F.I.S.H. News

Check back often to keep up on the latest happenings here at F.I.S.H., upcoming food drives and other volunteer opportunities.

Coming Soon! In time for Christmas gift shopping!

Sunday, November 16, 2025
12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Congregation Beth Sholom
7525 E. Northern Lights Blvd.

Mitzvah Mall Bazaar benefiting Alaskan Nonprofits

Congregation Beth Sholom is once again sponsoring MITZVAH MALL. It is a holiday gift from Congregation Beth Sholom to the Anchorage community. Think about a non-denominational bizarre bazaar that is an alternative gift fair. In a room filled with decorative and informative tables, there will be 22 non-profit organizations with representatives to share their stories of the assistance they give to those in need.

What could be better than the gift of helping those agencies who help others. “Gifts” (donations) are in various price ranges beginning at $5. Donors can receive a lovely card, filled out by a calligrapher, to send to the person honored by the gift.

Saturday, November 22, 2025
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
2222 E. Tudor Rd.

St. Mary's Episcopal Church Bazaar

The fabulous annual bazaar features crafts, decorations, preserves, and other goods exclusively made by members of St. Mary’s; a Souper Café; a Regiftables Room filled with treasures; and much more. Proceeds from the bazaar go to support programs for women and children. Come early for the best selection and accomplish all your holiday shopping in an hour of browsing - or stay all day to enjoy lunch, soak up the atmosphere, and take your time looking over the many beautiful hand-crafted offerings from our talented St. Mary's members!

Many, many thanks to the First Presbyterian Vacation Bible School children. Through their local community drive efforts they were able to give a donation to FISH to help meet the needs of food-insecure families in Anchorage.

FISH is beyond thankful to be blessed by 100+ Women Who Care - Anchorage. Their significant donation of $11,600 to FISH will make a big impact in helping us to meet the needs for food-insecure families in Anchorage. Thank you to all members of this wonderful organization! 100+ Women Who Care - Anchorage

	Thank You! Thank you to the many folks who donated to the FISH Food Drive on March 23, 2024. This was a fantastic day filling our pantry. Big shout out to Rabbit Creek Elementary for coordinating a food drive and making a big contribution of goods that will go a long way to feed many families.

	Many thanks for everyone who donated to the successful FISH Drive Thru Food Drive on December 5, 2020.

	Thank you to Girl Scout Troop #470 for their efforts in collecting donations for F.I.S.H. during the sale of Girl Scout Cookies.

Thank you Crop Walk!	CROP Hunger Walks are community fundraising events sponsored by Church World Service. Twenty-five percent of the money raised in a CROP Hunger Walk is distributed to local hunger-alleviating agencies. This year's agencies are F.I.S.H. (Fellowship in Serving Humanity) and the Lutheran Social Services of Alaska Food Pantry.

	Thank you to the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) for choosing FISH as one of 10 Anchorage agencies to receive food from the Stamp Out Hunger food drive in May. FISH received 3000 pounds of food.

Thank you to	Thank you to Credit Union One volunteers for helping to sort the 5000 pounds of food. They worked tirelessly until the job was done!

	Many thanks to Brownie Troop #308 for collecting more than $200 in cash and 100 boxes of Girl Scout cookies and for helping to stock the shelves in the pantry.

St. Mary's Youth Help FISH

The 30 Hour Famine is a world-wide event sponsored by World Vision to empower teens to raise awareness about issues of hunger and to raise money to help fight hunger across the globe. They do this by fasting as a group for 30 hours, during which time the youth learn about issues of hunger, engage in service projects, and also have some fun along the way! The youth of St. Mary’s volunteered during their famine at the F.I.S.H. Food Pantry, helping to clean and organize the stocks on hand, especially the generous amounts of peanut butter donated by St. Mary’s parishioners! Over the last four years, St. Mary’s youth have raised over $11,000 to support World Vision’s relief efforts in places like Ethiopia and Haiti, among many others. To learn more, go to the 30 Hour Famine website at http://www.30hourfamine.org.