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, United States. Our own team and our local partner are bringing winter coats, blankets, sleeping bags and hot meals to unhoused neighbors and families hit by the storms around Anchorage. Gifts to our Benevity campaign reach the same team through this page.
This week we followed 24 storms around the world, hour by hour. We are watching and most closely.
Whichever way you give, your kindness reaches the same team. Within 72 hours we let you know which area it reached.
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Winter storm relief in Anchorage:
Winter storm relief in Anchorage:Our own team and our local partner are bringing winter coats, blankets, sleeping bags and hot meals to unhoused neighbors and families hit by the storms around Anchorage. On October 30, 2026, gusts of up to 79 mph swept Southcentral Alaska and left tens of thousands of customers without power. We work in close coordination with the local authorities.
Anchorage, Eagle River, Wasilla and Palmer, Alaska
Giving channels
- Our website
- Benevity
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Our team follows these events hour by hour. When help is needed we go out to the field and tell you right here.
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Our own crew and local partner are working in and around AnchorageAnchorage · Eagle River · Wasilla · Palmer
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Our own crew and local partner are working in and around Anchorage
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All amounts are charitable contributions to No Name Foundation (Quenara), a U.S. 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. Proceeds fully fund our humanitarian programs. Donations are tax deductible in the U.S. (EIN: 35-2882867).
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Across the United States and Canada until the last storm of winter passes
Your gift backs our crew in the snow from Alaska to the East Coast. Within 72 hours we tell you the town and the work it went to.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this donation
Quenara Foundation responds to severe winter storms across the US and Canada all season. Coats and sleeping bags and hot meals reach people outdoors and families without power.
Quenara Foundation brings winter aid to people sleeping outdoors and to homes left without power. Seniors living alone and young children come first and our crews work with local officials.
It covers every severe winter event in the United States and Canada this season. Blizzards and ice storms come to this one page. So do deep cold and long outages.
A wind storm hit Southcentral Alaska with gusts up to 79 miles per hour. At 5 p.m. over 10,600 cooperative members in Anchorage were still without power.
Your gift provides winter coats and blankets. Sleeping bags with warm hats and gloves and socks are part of it. Hot meals and food boxes are too.
Neighbors living outside and families hit by storms or outages. Seniors who live alone come first. So do neighbors with disabilities and families with young children.
Our own field team and volunteers do the work beside our local field partner. We act in step with local authorities and never enter closed or unsafe areas.
It is the center we built ourselves. Within 20 minutes of an event we know about it. We read storms ahead and alert our teams while winter supplies wait in our warehouse.
Gifts come only through our website and our app for iOS and Android. Apple Watch works too. Our team buys what is needed in the region. Thank you for thinking of it.
Never run a generator indoors or in a garage. Carbon monoxide kills. In the United States accidental poisonings not caused by fire claim over 400 lives each year.
Follow the announcements of your local government for warming center locations. In the United States and Canada you can also dial 211 to hear about help nearby.
Within 72 hours your account shows the town or city where your gift worked. It also shows the day of the response and the work it went to.
Your receipt arrives the moment your payment goes through. Quenara Foundation is a 501(c)(3) registered in Delaware with EIN 35-2882867.
Your gift goes to the whole winter response and our team decides where the need is greatest. The update tells you the place and the work it went to.
We would be glad to hear from you. Write to our donor care team through the contact page on our website or in the app and a member of our team will answer.
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