Campaigns
Campaign for Affordable Utilities
AWA members and volunteers have mobilized to attend Regulatory Commission of Alaska hearings to oppose double-digit rate increases given to for-profit utility companies that shut off utilities to low-income families unable to afford their rising bills.
Winter Survival Campaign
Statistically, AWA’s budget-saving Winter Survival Campaign saves at least six lives each winter when our members mobilize to aid one another in preventing disasters, such as house fires caused by unsafe heating methods or fatalities from untreated illness, inadequate nutrition and shelter. We have been getting food out to hundreds of families in low-income communities and keeping people housed through individual advocacy.
Holiday Campaign
AWA volunteers have created budget-saving programs for members to help other members in meeting seasonal needs such as safe Halloween activities for members’ children, holiday food basket distributions for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and holiday toy distributions to parents for their private family gift giving.
Back-to-school Campaign
The expense parents face for back-to-school clothes and supplies, medical exams for school entry and immunizations can break an already over-stretched budget for low-income working families. Our Back-to-School clothing and supply distribution can save AWA membership families up to $500 – money that can pay for rent, utilities, food and medicines these families will otherwise be forced to do without!