Archives

2022

• December 2022 - New Rates Effective January 1, 2023

2021

• December 2021 - Adjusted Rates Effective January 1, 2022
• December 2021 - Alaska Pioneer Homes is Hiring!

2020

• July 2020 - Vacant Advisory Board Seats
• July 2020 - New Reduced Rates
• May 2020 -HB96 “Pioneers' & Veterans' Homes Rates” becomes law
• February 2020 - American Heart Month
• January 2020 - Happy Anniversary Alaska!

2019

• November 2019 - Veteran's Day Thank You!
• September 2019 - AVPH Receive a Gifts of Wheels
• August 2019 - Rate Increase

2018

• September 2018 - Farewell to former Division Director, Amanda Lofgren

2014

• May 2014 - Pioneer Home teams honored with Governor's awards

Anchorage Pioneer Home

• Anchorage Pioneer Home celebrates Father's Day, June 2019
• Happy Birthday Jean! Anchorage Pioneer Home resident, Jean Kaufman celebrates 100th birthday with Alaskan dignitaries and celebrities, April 2019
• AKPH celebrates Social Workers and Volunteers, April 2019
• AKPH celebrates National Activity Professionals' Week, February 2019
• Record entries for the 4th of July Pie Iron Chef Challenge, July 2018
• Father's Day celebration BBQ and chili cook off, June 2018
• Voter registration just got easier, February 2018
• Visit and presentation from Bird TLC (Treatment and Learning Center). October 2017
• Alaska State Fair Time! August 2017
• Staff appreciation day at the Anchorage Pioneer Home, July 2017
• Anchorage Pioneer Homes starts new apprenticeship program, May 2017
• Staff honored with service awards, July 2016
• The planting begins, June 2016
• Prime for pumpkin time, October 2015
• Serving up pie for the 4th of July! July 2015
• Father's Day chili cook-off at the Anchorage Pioneer Home, June 2015
• Lana Bell, Anchorage Pioneer Home chief pharmacist, February 2015
• Celebrating Christmas and the Pioneer Homes, December 2014
• Green Thumb Competition, August 2014
• A spooktacular Halloween at the Anchorage Pioneer Home, October 2013
• Anchorage Pioneer Home Resident Celebrates 100 Years, May 2012
• Strawberry Delights from the Iron Chef Challenge, May 2012
• Valentine's Day Iron Chef Challenge, February 2012
• Christmas Cookie Iron Chef Challenge, December 2011
• Master Gardeners honored for their service, May 2011
• Anchorage Pioneer Home resident turns 100, May 2011
• The 1st Iron Chef or Skillet competition, May 2011
• Photos of the new sign and awning for the Anchorage Pioneer Home, July 2010
• Ura Harp celebrated her 104th birthday on November 29th, 2007. Click here to see her article and photo on the front page of the Anchorage Daily News.
• Anna Hill

Fairbanks Pioneer Home

• Father-son YouTube channel duo share virtual reality with Fairbanks seniors -December 2016
• ART WALK, sponsored by the Fairbanks Pioneers' Home
• Pioneers' Homes a haven for Alaska's elderly.
• Fairbanks Pioneer Home resident Veteran Robert Ingram recalls the WWII battle in the Aleutian Islands. December 2011
• Alaska Fairbanks Pioneer Homes resident, LeNora Conkle, (100 years old) was presented with an honorarium from the Alaska state legislature. March 2010
• The Fairbanks Pioneer Homes Golden Days activities included the Pioneer's Tea and Dinner July 23rd to 26th, 2009. Click here to see photos.

Juneau Pioneer Home

• Alaska Pioneer Homes start new apprenticeship program - May 2017
• Good job! A big, big thank you! - February 2013
• Natural born caregiver, Edna Leamer - November 2011
• "Night in Paris" at the Juneau Pioneer Home, July 2011
• Epsilon Alpha Sigma hosts fashion show fundraiser - Spring 2011
• The Alaska Pioneer Homes Advisory Board Southeast Tour October 2010
• Alaska Folk Festival 2009
• Senior Prom 2009
• Juneau Pioneer Home Celebrates 20 years in 2008! Sig Olsen and Marritt Andruss dance to the Thunder Mountain Big Band at the 20th anniversary ball. Click to see the picture that appeared in the Juneau Empire Friday June, 6, 2008.
• Juneau reunion of the family for whom the city of Juneau was named-July 2009

Ketchikan Pioneer Home

• Ketchikan Pioneer Home employee sucess story, February 2019
• Valentines Day at the Ketchikan Pioneer Home, February 2019
• First Annual Dog Show, June 2012
• Mickey makes a Mother's Day visit - May, 2011
• Newsletters
• Pioneer Celebrates 100 years

Alaska Veterans & Pioneer Home in Palmer

• Secretary of Veterans Affairs visits Alaska July 2019
• Remembering Pearl Harbor, December 7, 2018
• Alaska Veterans and Pioneer Home resident, Jack Straayer exhibits paintings
• The Adventures of June Leibing, July 2012
• The Juried Art Show and Auction held June 10, 2011 benefiting the Alaska Veterans & Pioneers Home was a great success!
• Read the article Once Around The Floor, featured in the Frontiersman 02/26/2011
• Three Pioneer Home elders featured in the KYUR 13 news video about Valentine's Day 2011

Sitka Pioneer Home

• Micro-documentary film project features residents from the Sitka Pioneer Home June 2019
• 4th Annual Iditarod Relay Race at the Sitka Pioneer Home, March 2019
• Pam Samuelson retires! July 2017
• Highland Games brings performers to Sitka Pioneer Home, August 2012
• Governor Sean Parnell with Nurse II Kelly Ferguson during Sitka Alaska Day
• Sitka's New Roof Photo-July 2010
• Juneau artist donates prints to Pioneers' Home - Juneau Empire, July 20, 2009