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We were recently featured in the Rasmuson Foundation’s Passion to Purpose program. Rasmuson has supported In Our Backyard with a generous grant. Read more

In Our Backyard was featured in two news segments recently on Alaska’s News Source. Check out the stories below: A tiny home project for homeless seniors is in bloom, thanks to garden volunteers Municipal ‘micro-units’ move one step closer to aiding homelessness and addiction Read more

Check out our latest news feature, published in Alaska Public Media by Hannah Flor (click below to view the article). This nonprofit’s tiny homes are helping Anchorage’s homeless. The city is taking notes. Read more

Have you driven by In Our Backyard lately? The outdoor space has transformed in recent weeks! The beds are planted, the ornamental archways are up, and we are loving the color that the new garden brings to In Our Backyard. Inside the fence, each unit has been outfitted with its own raised planter bed and Read more

Thank you to Lions International for putting in the water line from Central Lutheran Church to In Our Backyard!  The Lions International Grant is also assisting with raised garden beds inside the fenced area, a shed, and a new 16 x12 building that will serve as an office area, freeing up a cabin to house people. Read more

“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”   James 1: 2-4 I have to admit that I found this verse Read more

In Our Backyard is partnering with Anchor Gardens and Yarducopia to create berry beds and perennial gardens on site, including many medicinal plants, that both our residents and the general public can enjoy. Last weekend, a team of volunteers—including guests who are staying at In Our Backyard—participated in a “Lasagna Layer Garden Class” before starting Read more

Check out our latest news coverage! “…A new pilot project in Anchorage is taking a fresh approach to homelessness by offering both housing and treatment in one place. The Microunit Recovery Program was recently presented to the Assembly’s Housing and Homelessness Committee as a two-year trial that could offer new hope—and shelter—for people experiencing homelessness Read more

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What goes on behind the scenes at In Our Backyard? How is everything going? I get those questions quite often, so in the next couple of articles, I wanted to highlight just how things happen and who makes it so. Carol Norquist, longtime member of Central Lutheran Church, is our treasurer. Steve and I asked Read more