Walk Across Wasilla

10/02/2022

08/04/2022

Text “”FPMS” to 44-321 if you cannot join us for our event! Fast and easy way to support our programs.

Family Promise Mat-Su helps homeless and low-income families achieve sustainable independence through a community-based response.

08/03/2022

10 DAYS and counting!!! Walk Across Wasilla event at Wonderland Park and Family Promise Mat-Su!
Details of Event:

* Order Event t-shirts online at bonfire.com/walk-across-wasilla and have team or family shirts for the event. Shirts will be delivered to your mailing address. Proceeds will benefit our efforts to meet the needs of homeless families in our programs.

* Arrive at Family Promise Mat-Su (561 W. Nelson Ave) to register, make a monetary donation (or 1 can food item) and receive your water/bag/snack.

* Follow the trail around the park and participate in the activity stations to earn wooden disc.

* Turn in your wooden discs at Family Promise Mat-Su to get your free t-shirt that you can design yourself!
* Enjoy demonstrations from Primal Martial Arts and MatSar K9!
* Return to Family Promise after your walking adventure to join us for a community BBQ!
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

07/22/2022

Go online and order your shirts! August 13th is our next Walk Across Wasilla event! Hope to see you there! More details soon!

Buy Walk Across Wasilla merchandise from Ginger. Featuring Turquoise Premium Unisex Tees, professionally printed in the USA.

06/13/2022

Family Promise Mat-Su is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization and your donation is tax-deductible within the guidelines of U.S. law. To claim a donation as a deduction on your U.S. taxes, please keep your email donation receipt as your official record. We'll send it to you upon successful completion of...

06/08/2022

2022 event coming soon!!

05/27/2022

Walk Across Wasilla’s 2022 theme is “Fitness for Fun” at Wonderland Park coming in August! More details coming soon!

05/16/2022

You’re invited to a Pampered Chef party! Mark your calendar and invite a friend or two! Get ready to learn recipes and tips to make meals that fuel your lifestyle with some of Pampered Chef’s best products. Don’t miss out on the fun!

12/06/2021

08/21/2021

We raised $700 during our first Walk Across Wasilla event! Thank you to all who participated, donated, supported, and shared their experiences.

08/21/2021

Great weather for our BBQ today!!

08/20/2021

FREE BBQ TODAY AT 4pm! Come by for a tour and see our vision board at Family Promise Mat-Su!

08/03/2021

Buy Walk Across Wasilla merchandise from Ginger. Featuring Turquoise Premium Unisex Tees, professionally printed in the USA.

08/01/2021

07/22/2021

So excited! Received our Participant Cards today!

07/17/2021

Don't forget to get your t-shirts, long and short sleeved, or a hoodie! Walk Across Wasilla is coming in August! We are raising awareness by a "boots on the ground" event, and funds to build more space to help more families climb out of homelessness. Last year we helped 43 families through our transitional housing, which is two bedrooms serving two families at a time. We would love to be able to serve more families at one time! Thank you for your contribution to a healthy community!

Buy Walk Across Wasilla merchandise from Ginger. Featuring Turquoise Premium Unisex Tees, professionally printed in the USA.

07/15/2021

07/15/2021

WASILLA— Family Promise Mat-Su is gearing up for Walk Across Wasilla, a socially distant alternative to their largest fundraiser of the year, Cardboard City. This new event will serve as

07/15/2021

Order team and individual participation t-shirts at bonfire.com/walk-across-wasilla today!

07/15/2021

Here's what we do. We just want to grow to meet the growing needs of our community and want to add on to our existing building. Funds raised through the Walk Across Wasilla will help us provide more:

Transitional Housing:
Increase our ability to house up more families experiencing homelessness. We currently house 2 families in a ranch-style home.

Quarantine/Disaster/Homeless Youth (18 and over) Overflow Housing:
Provide tiny homes for families who need to be quarantined, or who have experienced a house fire, earthquake, busted pipes, or other issue that forces them out of their home due to a disaster. We want to develop a Tiny Town with the H.O.P.E. Center as the hub, creating a campus setting. There is land we could purchase in an area of Wasilla, directly across the street from a fire station, walk-in medical clinic, pediatric clinic, dental clinic, a bank, and a convenience store. Wal-Mart is within walking distance, as well as our local food pantry.

Giving Closet:
We have so many in-kind donations coming through the front door. Many in-kind donors state, “We don’t want to take them to a thrift store, we want them given to people who can’t afford them”. These items would be free to disaster survivors, our graduated families and those in our shelter, and will be offered to low-income families in the community. This building will provide a donation/sorting space and two areas for them to be available from an outside door.

Handicapped Accessible:
All buildings need to be handicapped accessible.

Office/Conference Room:
4 Offices with 1 Conference/bathroom space for staff. Rentable space available to other community Non-Profit organizations who need space for meetings. (ie. OCS Team Decision Meetings, Wasilla Homeless Committee Meetings, FP Board Meetings, etc.). Also, the space could be available for Financial and Parenting classes.

Nanny Nook:
Child care that is offered during evenings, overnights, and weekends. A service not currently offered by other child care centers in our community. Day time use can be used for indoor play during cold weather months.

Raised Garden Beds:
Provide space for families to grow their own vegetables. Also, other beds for community use.