COMMUNITY SERVICES

Community Services and Resources

While families are working to understand and adapt to the ever changing life with COVID, Friends of the Seward Library are listening to the needs and we are wanting to be a help to families. We are a non profit 501c3 that is dedicated to supporting literacy in our community. You are important to us. We are gathering information about services and resources available in our community and State that can be used for help in this time of crazy daily change. From mental health outreach to tutoring services, there are agencies and volunteers in our community that can be of help to you and your family. If you don't find them listed here, let us know, we will help to find the information for your needs.

Friends of the Seward Library --Board of Directors

Education/Tutoring Help

TUTORING/EDUCATION SUPPORT
Free and Sliding Scale services provided for at home students/parents. Mostly volunteer, contact Tara Swanson for more information.
EMAIL: tara.swanson21@gmail.com

FOOD/HEAT/RENT

FOOD BANK-HE WILL PROVIDE
238 5th Ave, Alley Entry on Adams St
Thursdays 3pm to 6pm
Located in the old library building, entry through the alley, now the City of Seward building that houses the Electric Dept.

Help starts with Alaska 2-1-1.

24/7 online access to 2-1-1 website at www.Alaska211.org
Call 2-1-1 or 800-478-2221 Monday through Friday, 8:30 am – 6 pm to speak with a resource specialist

Information can be provided in 170 languages.
Calls are confidential and free of charge.
Alaska 2-1-1 is operated by United Way of Anchorage on behalf of all United Ways in Alaska.

No matter where you live in Alaska, 2-1-1 is your one-stop resource for connecting with a wide variety of services in your community including emergency food and shelter, educational opportunities, alcohol and drug treatment programs, senior services, child care, and much more.

We know certain issues can be hard to navigate online. Sometimes a conversation is more helpful than an online search. READ MORE

Help Me Grow Alaska offers resources to all families in Alaska, at no cost and regardless of insurance coverage or type. Our services can be accessed with or without an understood issue or diagnosis and if the child is in an existing program or not yet connected to a provider. Our services are geared towards families prenatally to children age 26, and telelanguage translation services are available.

For more information about Help Me Grow Alaska, please visit our website at https://helpmegrowak.org. You can also call 1-833-HMG-ALASKA, 1-833-464-2527 , to be connected to a Family Support Specialist who can connect you to any staff member.

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Taxi Vouchers: Seniors Half Price
Call: 907-224-8711 to purchase/mailed to you
By: Independent Living Center

Highway61.co
Senior Support-Over 50
Chat rooms and virtual activities for seniors
www.highway61.co

Anchor and Summit Wellness Clinic is a holistic health clinic located in the heart of Seward. Run by Alaskan born and raised Dr. Christie Wisel, DACM, a licensed acupuncturist who graduated with her Doctorate from Pacific College of Health Science in San Diego, California. Dr. Wisel has utilized her training in acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, manual therapies, and facial rejuvenation to safely and effectively get her patients looking and feeling their best and back to their optimum health. She believes in working with her patients to give them not only the treatment they need, but also provide them with the knowledge and tools to gain control over their future well-being.

Anchor and Summit Wellness Clinic is dedicated to creating a customized treatment plan that will help you function and feel your best. Services include customized acupuncture treatments designed and catered specifically to the individual with Traditional Chinese Medicine and Japanese Meridian Therapy roots. Manual therapies included but not limited to: Fire cupping, Myofascial release, Stationary cupping, and Gua Sha. All of these therapies are designated for Myofascial release, increasing blood flow and circulation to promote healing which will aid in pain relief. Herbs are used in conjunction with other therapies to promote health. Using traditional remedies combined with recent clinical advances in plant-based medicine, we can craft a plan to create better health.

Nutritional and Health Counseling from a TCM perspective is also available as many illnesses are caused by the toxins in our foods. Patients will be given healthy lifestyle guidance, cooking recipes, and meal plans as needed per patient case.

Anchor and Summit Wellness Clinic is currently accepting cash, card, VA approved, and is in-network with certain insurance companies, Dr. Wisel is dedicated to providing the upmost care to her patients and has payment plan options available.

Located at 907 Third ave, Suite B in the Phoenix building across from Wells Fargo. Dr. Wisel can be reached via email at: Info@anchorandsummitwellness.com, or call (907) 987-3213 for more information.

Follow along on social media @anchorandsummitwellnessclinic for helpful health tips and inspiration.

Seward Area Hospice exists to provide compassionate end of life care to enable comfort, dignity, and choice for the individual and the family. We provide community members with the support they need while facing the end of life, coping with serious illness or experiencing the loss of a loved one. Care focuses on quality of life and helps the clients to make the most of their remaining time in whatever place they call home.

Our free services include:
Trained Volunteer Companions – Grief & Bereavement Support - Access to Community Resources - Community Education – Assistance with Advance Directives

We know end of life can be overwhelming. We would love to talk to you, even if you are not quite ready for hospice yet, to provide information and advice so if there comes a time when you or a loved one needs hospice you are familiar with the help available to you. As Dame Cicely Saunders, the founder of hospice, puts it, “You matter because you are you, and you matter to the end of your life. We will do all we can not only to help you die peacefully, but to also live until you die.”

Tonya Foote, Nurse Educator/Program Director
Lauren Coleman, Volunteer Coordinator

907 3rd Avenue | 907-224-3051 | www.sewardareahospice.org
Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sewardareahospice

Youth Support/Groups

Youth 360 - Seward is a primary prevention program being funded through federal grant monies for the implementation of the Icelandic Prevention Model (IPM). The IPM is a model the county of Iceland began developing in the mid 1990’s when they saw their teen substance use rates reported as the highest in Europe. A wide range of stakeholders collaborated to form a data informed model aimed at reducing teen substance use.

The result was incredibly successful. Iceland saw the rate of its 15/16 year old’s reporting being drunk in the last 30 days go from 42 percent in 1995 to 6 percent in 2018, impressively this number has stayed below 10 percent since 2010, the lowest in Europe. Iceland has created an open source model for any other interested appropriate entity to follow, in hopes of helping these groups reduce their rates of youth substance use, and this is what Youth 360 Seward is committed to do for Seward.

For more information and to stay up to date on Youth 360’s program offerings follow Youth 360 Seward on Facebook and Instagram. READ MORE

YOUTH 360 - SEWARD FB PAGE

Health Services-Seward

417 First Ave 907-224-2273
Mon - Fri 8am-6pm / Sat - Sun Closed
(check website for updates)
To Schedule An Appointment
Call 907-224-CARE (2273)

Seward Community Health Services

GLACIER FAMILY MEDICAL CLINIC
11724 Seward Highway #D
907-224-8733
Glacier Family Medicine Clinic is open from 8 AM to 5 PM M-F. Walk-Ins are seen as time permits. Please call for an appointment to minimize your time waiting.
glacierfamilymedicine@yahoo.com
*COVID-19 TESTING

LACUNA FAMILY MEDICINE
204 4th Avenue
996-491-0645
Dr. Jerald Flynn, MD
Providing full spectrum family care
EMAIL: lacunafamilymedicine@gmail.com

BEHIND THE SUN THERAPEUTICS (BTST)
500 Adams St.
907-422-7504 voice & text
EMAIL: behindthesuntherapeutics@gmail.com