Pay your PFD forward to the next generation

PFDs are often spent on big-screen TVs and shopping sprees. But your PFD can also go a long way toward improving the lives of Alaska’s youth. Consider donating part of your PFD to nonprofits that ensure young people across the state are fed, educated and physically active.

Here are 11 nonprofits that support children and education in Alaska:

• Alaska Afterschool Network

• Alaska Natural Resource & Outdoor Education

• Anchorage Youth Court

• Boys & Girls Clubs Alaska

• Camp Fire Alaska

• Children’s Lunchbox (a program of Bean’s Cafe)

• Coalition for Education Equity

• Covenant House Alaska

• Junior Achievement of Alaska

• The Center

• YMCA of Alaska

– Thomas McIntyre, The Alaska 100