Impact Areas: Civic & Philanthropic Responsibility

Without work, who are we?

Before Lisa Busch went on sabbatical in 2022, she had three goals: meditate, spend time with older relatives and row. She did all that and more.

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Time to breathe, rest and learn

Darlene Supplee said the time away gave her “time to breathe, learn, rest,” so she could return to Alaska stronger and better.

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‘Just sign up:’ Whole team benefits from a leadership sabbatical

Mariya Lovishchuk, executive director of the Glory Hall shelter program in Juneau, Alaska, says she had been going at full speed for years before receiving time off through a sabbatical award in 2022.

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Pick.Click.Give. exemplifies Alaska’s spirit of giving

Created by the Alaska State Legislature in 2008, donations can be a little or a lot, including entire Permanent Fund dividends.

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80 degrees, 80s music, 80 mph

For Bobbi Leichty, her 2018 sabbatical changed the course of her life.

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