Beans Cafe

We’re incredibly grateful for partners who show up and keep showing up.

Thank you to Northern Air Cargo for your generous donation of a 30-foot International box truck, and to the entire Saltchuk family of companies for more than a decade of support, service, and advocacy for Bean’s Cafe and our mission.

Your generosity helps us keep moving forward and keep feeding our community. ❤️

❄️ Winter is coming to Anchorage. For many of us, that means snow days, cozy blankets, and a warm place to come home to.

But for someone experiencing homelessness, winter can mean something very different.

It can mean trying to stay warm through the night.
It can mean wet socks and cold hands.
It can mean carrying everything you own while navigating freezing temperatures.
It can mean wondering where you'll find warmth tomorrow.

For nearly 50 years, Bean’s Cafe has been a place where hope has an address—welcoming neighbors who have experienced homelessness, poverty, trauma, addiction, incarceration, and loss with dignity, practical support, and belonging.

We're asking our community to help us in this urgent situation with the winter essentials our guests need most:

-New men’s underwear
-Men’s winter coats, critically sizes large and extra-large
-Sweatpants and sweatshirts, critically larger sizes
-Winter boots
-New socks
-Hats and gloves
-Thermals
-Hand/foot warmers
-New, unopened, travel size hygiene products (no alcohol)

You can help.

Look in your closet. Pick up an extra pack of socks. Add a few hygiene items to your next shopping trip. Ask your workplace, church, school, club, or community group to hold a winter donation drive.

Every item matters. Every act of generosity matters. And together, we can help make sure our neighbors are a little warmer, a little safer, and a little more cared for this winter.

Let's show Anchorage what it means to take care of our community.

📍 Bring your donations to Bean’s Cafe during our donation hours (every day 8-4pm): 1524 Ship Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501 or we can arrange a pickup.

Please donate items that are clean, safe, functional, and ready to be used by our guests.

TOMORROW!!

🥖 WE'RE MAKING IT ALASKAN! 🥖

Come find Bean's Cafe + Motley Crew Bakery at the Make It Alaskan Market!

We'll be bringing a delicious selection of our fresh-baked goodies for you to enjoy while you shop, explore, and support local makers from across Alaska.

📍 Egan Civic & Convention Center
📅 October 2-4
⏰ Friday: 5-9 | Saturday: 10-6 | Sunday 12-5

Whether you're looking for something sweet, something to share, or just an excuse to treat yourself we'll have you covered!

Come say hi, grab a freshly baked treat, and help us celebrate all the creativity, craftsmanship, and local flavor that makes Alaska special.

We'll see you there! 👋

A meal is practical help. A safe place to land matters just as much.

At Bean’s Cafe, we are fighting hunger and homelessness in Southcentral Alaska with meals, shelter, dignity and respect, and pathways to self-sufficiency. This work happens every day, one meal at a time, because community makes it possible.

Learn about our mission and the many ways support helps our neighbors thrive.

Get used to different with Motley Crew Enterprises! 🍪☕

Motley Crew is a social enterprise of Bean's Cafe with a mission to offer a fresh start to those rebuilding their lives. Our participants craft a variety of mouthwatering treats with love in a supportive, hands-on environment. Through this vocational training program, participants learn practical job skills and essential soft skills for successful employment, helping them unlock their true potential.

👉 Discover Motley Crew: https://beanscafe.org/

Recovery isn't a straight line, and neither is rebuilding a life. That's why Streets to Success is built for the long haul, 12 to 16 months of steady support instead of a quick fix.

Every participant who completes the program becomes proof to the next person that it's possible. That's the whole model: people who've been where you are, showing you that you can get where they are now.

Support the program: beanscafe.org/streets-to-success

🥖 WE'RE MAKING IT ALASKAN! 🥖

Come find Bean's Cafe + Motley Crew Bakery at the Make It Alaskan Market!

We'll be bringing a delicious selection of our fresh-baked goodies for you to enjoy while you shop, explore, and support local makers from across Alaska.

📍 Egan Civic & Convention Center
📅 October 2-4
⏰ Friday: 5-9 | Saturday: 10-6 | Sunday 12-5

Whether you're looking for something sweet, something to share, or just an excuse to treat yourself we'll have you covered!

Come say hi, grab a freshly baked treat, and help us celebrate all the creativity, craftsmanship, and local flavor that makes Alaska special.

We'll see you there! 👋

This smile is exactly why the Children's Lunchbox exists. 🧡

A full plate, no questions asked, no conditions attached. That's how Bean's Cafe fights child hunger in Southcentral Alaska, one meal at a time, even when that meal comes out the back of a truck.

No kid should have to wonder about their next meal. Help us keep it that way: beanscafe.harnessgiving.org/donate

The Streets to Success program is offered completely free of charge to men and women choosing to rebuild their lives after homelessness, addiction, or incarceration. 🤝💙

Your financial support helps cover essential curriculum materials, GED tutoring, housing search guidance, and therapeutic resources that allow participants to focus entirely on their recovery and vocational growth.

👉 Support participants on their path to self-sufficiency: https://beanscafe.org/