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“there's a need out there and there's work that nobody can see, only us. You know, and I want to share with you all, if you ever see my application come in at some point, somehow, you know, you think about what I, you know, what I do or what we do. We don't have any paid staff at all, not like other organizations that pay their staff.”
Speaker
Unidentified speaker
Community
Alaska News
Location
Anchorage
Captured at
June 9, 2026

From the transcript

And I said, how can we tap in to get some help from the city or from what organization to help us with all this work that we do? Nobody knows what we do except us. And so I wanted to bring this presentation so you all know that there's a need out there and there's work that nobody can see, only us. You know, and I want to share with you all, if you ever see my application come in at some point, somehow, you know, you think about what I, you know, what I do or what we do. We don't have any paid staff at all, not like other organizations that pay their staff.

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