ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – In 2025, a thousand people experiencing homelessness showed up for the annual Homeless Connect event at the Egan Center.
According to Jessica Parks with the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness, which hosts the event, they had only prepared for 500 people and quickly ran out of supplies.
“Today we are prepared to see a thousand people plus,” Parks said on Monday. “We have 1,200 coats downstairs, so I’m hoping that we have a resource for everybody who shows up today.”…