Sue Paulsen reacts after winning the Petersburg Community Foundation's Volunteer of the Year award on Saturday, May 17, 2025, in Petersburg, Alaska.
On Saturday, the Petersburg Community Foundation awarded $37,125 in grants to seven local organizations during its annual awards ceremony and honored one community volunteer with its prestigious Volunteer of the Year recognition.
The foundation, which began 17 years ago with support from the Alaska Community Foundation and the Rasmuson Foundation, has seen accelerated growth in recent years. It took the organization around a decade to award $100,000 in local grants, but it has matched that amount in just the past three years.
The money the PCF can grant to nonprofit projects in Petersburg come...
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