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Non-Profit Organizations and Community Services

Several non-profit agencies and other businesses provide services to the community and enrich the lives of visitors and the people of Unalaska:

The Ballyhoo Lions Club is a service organization that provides help to those in need and provides scholarships to young people and to non-traditional students.  The Lions Club sponsors many community services including Operation Smoke Detector, the Senior Fishing Trip, Easter Breakfast, Operation Santa, public benches and bus shelters, the annual Memorial Day Service and assisting needy community members with the cost of medical and vision care. 

The Unalaska Senior Citizens group focuses on providing a balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle for the elders who live in the community.  They provide the meals-on-wheels program and a nutritious, balanced diet through the senior lunch program, regular transportation to and from the post offices, the grocery stores, the clinic and special events and exercise programs for seniors.

Local newspapers include The Dutch Harbor Fisherman and the Dutch Harbor Telegraph.

Unalaska has two relatively large grocery stores and two wholesale grocers, and these businesses provide many specialty and ethnic foods. 

Churches: The community of Unalaska is perhaps most recognized by the beautiful domes and spires of the historic Russian Orthodox Church, the Cathedral of the Holy Ascension.  Dedicated in 1820 and still an active community church, it is the oldest Russian Orthodox church in Alaska and has been designated as a National Historic Landmark.  Unalaska also boasts active congregations at St. Christopher by-the-Sea Catholic Mission, the Unalaska Methodist Church, the Unalaska Christian Fellowship, the Aleutian Bible Church, Unalaska Reformed Church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the Baha’i Faith.