Elder Appreciation and Wills Clinic

At the Elder Appreciation and Wills Clinic get the following for FREE:

• Appointment with an attorney who will write your Will, Power of Attorney, and Advance Health Care Directive. Make sure your wishes are honored after your death and if you cannot make financial or health care decisions for yourself. See below for how to register.

• Drop-in resource booths (no appt necessary) with information and referrals for Elders, including:

– Memory Screenings
– DEMENTIA Consultations
– Alaska Native DEMENTIA Research and Education
– SNAP Applications, Appeals, and Status Updates
– FOOD PANTRY Resources
– LONG-TERM CARE Support Services
– SENIOR BENEFITS & HEATING ASSISTANCE

You MUST pre-register for an appointment to have a volunteer attorney write up your Will, Power of Attorney, and Advance Health Care Directive:

Date: October 17, 2025
Time: 2 hour appointments
Where: Alaska Federation of Natives Convention
Denai’na Center, 600 W. 7th Ave., Anchorage
Second Floor, Tubughnenq’ Room 5

To have your free documents prepared by an attorney:

1. Complete this intake form:  EAWC Client Intake Form – PDF version or EAWC Client Intake Form – Word version). Couples may choose to complete a single intake form or separate forms.

2. Mail or email the form to the Alaska Bar Association (address on form) before October 16 OR drop it off at AFN on Oct. 16 at Dena’ina Center, 2nd Floor, Room 5.

3. We will call you to schedule an appointment.

4. Bring your intake form and other important documents listed on the intake form to your appointment.

5. The volunteer attorney will write up your documents and you can sign and take them home that day.

YOU MUST COMPLETE STEPS 1 AND 2, ABOVE, TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT! 

If you NEED HELP completing the intake form, we have several ways you can get help:

1. Call the Alaska Bar Association at (907) 272-7469 and we will help you complete the form by phone or in person or mail you the form if you can do it yourself.

2. Attend by Zoom or in person a free presentation from an estate planning attorney on wills, powers of attorney, and advance health care directives to learn how these documents can serve to honor your wishes after your death and when you cannot make health and financial decisions for yourself. Volunteers will help clients fill out the intake form after the presentation. This free event will be held:

Saturday, September 27, 2025, 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Loussac Library, 3600 Denali Street, Anchorage
2nd Floor, Beluga Room
OR Click Here to Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 862 1334 0456
Passcode: 748476

STOP BY THE BOOTHS AT ONE OF THE OF THE FOLLOWING EVENTS:

1. Friday, September 19, 2025, 10 AM – 2 PM
   Alaska Legal Services Corporation booth
   Veteran Stand Down
   Ted Stevens International Airport, North Terminal

2. Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 9 AM to 4:30 PM
   Alaska Bar Association booth
   Project Homeless Connect
   Egan Convention Center
   555 W. Fifth Ave., Anchorage

3. October 14 and 15, 2025, 8 AM to 5 PM
   Alaska Commission on Aging booth
   First Alaskans Institute Elders and Youth Conference
   Denai’na Center, 600 W. 7th Ave., Anchorage

4. October 16, 2025, 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM
   Elizabeth Peratrovich Legal Clinic (where you can also get a free 30-minute drop-in consultation with an attorney about non-criminal legal issues)
   Alaska Federation of Natives Convention
   Denai’na Center, 600 W. 7th Ave., Anchorage
   Second Floor, Tubughnenq’ Room 5