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Eight Alaska Leaders Selected for 2027 Sabbatical
The Foundation’s Sabbatical Award gives nonprofit and tribal leaders time to rest, reflect, and renew while supporting leadership development.
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Permission to pause: Q&A with Jill Richardson, 2017 Sabbatical Recipient
Jill Richardson is a 2017 Sabbatical Award recipient. She is currently the CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Alaska but served as CEO of Sprout Family Services...
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Sabbatical Awards Open to Alaska Nonprofit Leaders and Tribal Administrators
Applications for Rasmuson Foundation's Sabbatical Awards open on April 14. An informational webinar will be hosted on April 17, registration required.
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Eight leaders find renewal with annual Sabbatical Award
These Alaska leaders will receive three to four months of time away. Recipients plan to use their sabbaticals to travel the world and spend time with family.
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Let’s talk about rest. Sabbatical Award program now open.
One of my former leaders would say, “Rest is a weapon.” Rest isn’t a sign of weakness; it’s how we sustain the work that matters most.
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Applications open for Rasmuson Foundation Sabbatical Awards
Applications for the 2026 Sabbatical Awards are now open. Up to eight Alaskans will each receive $50,000 for sabbaticals lasting 90 to 120 days.
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Eight Alaska leaders earn Rasmuson Foundation Sabbatical Award
Leaders of eight Alaska organizations earned a well-deserved break this year through a Rasmuson Foundation Sabbatical Award.
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Applications open for 2025 Sabbatical Awards
Leaders of Alaska nonprofit organizations and tribes are invited to apply for a 2025 Sabbatical Award. The program provides leaders with time away to rest,...
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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...
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Tribal and nonprofit leaders: Apply for 2024 Sabbatical Award
Leaders of Alaska nonprofit organizations and tribes are invited to apply for a 2024 Sabbatical Award. The program provides leaders with time away to rest,...
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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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