Olympic Welcome Home Celebration

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Celebrate and welcome home our Alaska Olympians on Friday April 3rd from 5:30-7:30pm in Town Square Park! The City of Anchorage and community partners will be hosting this free event to welcome home our Olympians. We invite our community to be a part of the celebration!

The Olympians present will include:
  1. Downhill Paralympian: Andrew Kurka (Olympic Bronze Medal)
    Olympic Cross Country Skiers:
  2. Hailey Swirbul
  3. Kendall Kramer
  4. Novie McCabe
  5. Rosie Brennan
  6. Gus Schumacher (Olympic Silver Medal)
  7. Hunter Wonders
  8. JC Schoonmaker
  9. Zanden McMullen
  10. Olympic Hockey: Jeremy Swayman (Olympic Gold Medal) will attend virtually

Enjoy free activities, food trucks featuring Olympic specials, music, Free Red, White and Blue crazy hair by Poppy Salon, and fun giveaways and demos from community partners. Scotty Gomez Foundation Hockey Players, NSAA Junior Nordic skiers and Arctic Winter Games athletes will be a part of the Olympic Parade, honoring our Alaska Olympians. Event attendees will receive an official event poster to be signed by the Olympians at the event. It will be a celebration you do not want to miss! See you on Friday, April 3rd at 5:30 in Town Square Park!

FREE Parking is available at the JCPenney or 6th Avenue EasyPark Garages with validation at the event. Please bring your parking ticket to the EasyPark Tent in Town Square Park to get validation.

Community Partners Present Include:
  • Mayor LaFrance & City of Anchorage
  • MOA Parks and Recreation
  • Challenge Alaska
  • Team Alaska – Arctic Winter Games
  • Healthy Futures
  • Anchorage Curling Club
  • Alaska Pacific University
  • Alaska Zoo
  • iHeart Media
  • Poppy Salon
  • Nordic Ski Association of Anchorage
  • Cross Country Alaska
  • Anchorage Hockey Association
  • Scotty Gomez Foundation
  • Yeti Dogs AK
  • EasyPark