NAPCF News Page

Next Meeting

Date: Tuesday March 23, 2004 7:00-8:30pm

Place: Noel Wien Library Auditorium, 1215 Cowles St.

Program: A Peace Corps Experience In Thailand" will be the program offered by Lisa and Denny Wells and Supon Panthong, AFS Exchange Teacher from Thailand. Lisa and Denny recently returned from Thailand as Peace Corps Volunteers. For information call Northern Alaska Peace Corps Friends 455-6287.

Upcoming Programs & Events

March 2004:

March 24-25: UAF Career Fair at Wood Center 10am - 4pm. Seattle is reserving us a room for an evening program. Volunteers are needed to sit at the table as well as discuss Peace Corps issues with interested persons. We are looking for ideas for the evening program.

October 2004:

Mark your calendars! Fairbanks International Friendship Day will be Saturday October 16, 2004.

Annual Report for 2003

Click here to see the Annual Report for 2003

Tony Gasbarro receives Lillian Carter award!

(AP Photo/Gregory Smith) (AP Photo/Gregory Smith)

On Thursday June 26, 2003 Fairbanks RPCV Tony Gasbarro was presented the Lillian Carter award by former President Jimmy Carter in Atlanta, Georgia. Link to several news articles about this event: Associated Press, Yahoo News and Photos

(Sam Harrel/News-Miner VOLUNTEER HONORED--Tony Gasbarro sits in the living room of his Goldstream Valley home May 29. For his Peace Corps work in El Salvador, Gasbarro is the first national recipient of the Lillian Carter Award from the National Peace Corps.)

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner article about Tony Gasbarro from Monday June 30, 2003.

Anchorage Area RPCV Activities

E-mail Alison Mall at Mall_Alison@asdk12.org for more information about Anchorage area RPCV activities.

Alaska Peace Dividends

Peace Corps volunteers from Alaska serving overseas for two years are currently not eligible for the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend. At one time they were but they were removed the eligible list several years ago. There was legislation this past session being considered to REINSTATE Peace Corps volunteers from Alaska on the PFD list, but it did not pass. To find out more about this issue and what you can do to help go to the akpeacedividends.org web site.