Mat-Su Sea Hawkers Inc

“The president, secretary and treasurer review the form 990 prior to filing. When the form 990 has been completed and filed the treasurer notifies the board of directors that the tax return has been filed timely and a copy is available for inspection at the next meeting of the board of directors.”

“Documents are made available for public inspection upon request.”

“Youth focused community outreach is our mission. Funding, with exception to the sea hawker / seahawks alaska 12 tour community outreach, is solely directed at youth needs in the mat-su valley. Mat-su sea hawkers serves as driving force providing participation assistance, education, and volunteerism. Our outreach champions community betterment, and promotes active lifestyles and easily accessible opportunities for developing youth health, wellness, and leadership skills. Mat-su sea hawkers strives to help youth combat and overcome childhood obesity, and prevent early development of inappropriate behaviors, through healthy and educational venues such as, but not limited to, play 60 challenge, and nike flag football for girls and boys. Along with donating financial assistance, as needed, we direct and challenge youth participation in volunteerism,community based wellness programs, and promote activities that help team-building and leadership development, and encourages healthy living through proper nutrition and active lifestyle. Volunteerism, donations, and sponsorships, help the sea hawker / seahawks alaska 12 tour community outreach deliver on community betterment by promoting physical and mental wellness by one-on-one and collectively interacting with alaska urban and rural school age youth, with youth patients at children's hospital - anchorage, alaska native medical center, ronald mcdonald house, with alaska based military personnel, and helping fundraise for local alaska charities. Our ongoing outreach is very successful thanks to strong collaborations with volunteer players, nfl legends, and staff of the seattle seahawks, volunteers from mat-su sea hawkers, and our meaningful partnerships with other alaska community charities.”

“Mat-su sea hawkers specific: - sponsors hosted seahawks' staff volunteers & abe lucas, neiko thorpe, and blitz for community outreach events - seahawks & sea hawkers continued promoting seahawks flag football in alaska - seahawks & sea hawkers hosted hundreds of alaska youth in our play60 / seahawks flag football efforts - seahawks visit & donations to alaska youth patients and elders at children's hospital and alaska native medical center - fundraised approximately 195k through membership, corporate sponsorships, gaming, auctions & community events - fundraised & donated 113,688 to kick start our kick4kids shoe giving project, issuing nearly 16k to knik tribe families, 14k to ak native charter school youth, 2k to big brothers big sisters, and 2500 to the pathway home youth, with even more giving yet to come in 2025 - succession planning via relationships built through meaningful community & outreach experiences - maintained web and social media presence at www.facebook.com/matsuseahawkers and www.matsuseahawkers.org 2024 youth specific donations examples: alaska down syndrome 250 colony high school baseball 500 colony high softball & field1500 colony high dive team 250 colony high volleyball 250 hooligan baseball 500 houston high football 500 mat-su miners baseball 200 palmer moose swim & dive 250 team alaska hockey 150 500 team alaska girls hockey 250 valley predators u12 girls 500 wasilla youth soccer assoc. 500 2024 community specific contributions examples: alaska native medical center; patient gifts & shoe donations 750 alaska native charter school; kicks4kids shoes by blitz 13,852 big brother big sisters; kicks4kids shoe donations 1850 blitz' kicks4kids shoe drive 113,688 children's hospital alaska; patient gifts 500 frontiersman/sea hawkers saoty scholarships 5000 knik tribe; kick4kids shoes 16,300 community events & outreach 31,751 ronald mcdonald house alaska 500 sertoma polar plunge 500 special olympics; fairbanks (shoe donation & blitz visit) 1500 special olympics alaska polar plunge 250 special olympics alaska polar plunge 250 special olympics; mat-su 250 the pathway home; kicks4kids shoe donation 2600 united way of mat-su 350 since 2006, we have raised roughly 985k, invested nearly 644k back into youth sports and community related youth charities and outreach program efforts, built a scholarship endowed fund of 88k, a community infrastructure non-endowed fund of 223k, and maintain roughly 30k operating reserves.”