BEST CORPORATE CITIZEN

BEST OF ALASKA BUSINESS SPECIAL SECTION Best Corporate Citizen

For 2021 we received hundreds of recommendations for Best Corporate Citizen, and this year we again asked our readers to explain the ways in which the nominees have looked beyond their office walls (and profit margins) to build up Alaska’s communities. The editorial team selected three outstanding nominations to highlight this year by considering the number of nominations each received, the comments made about them, and by using our knowledge of their community-minded endeavors. The three below stood out for going above and beyond, but we’ve also included all of the organizations our readers nominated because, especially right now, each and every one deserves recognition.

With a selected quote from a nominating individual, and in no particular order, we present the 2021 Editor’s Choice for Best Corporate Citizen:

MTA

“They do so much to support the community, especially during COVID. They assisted schools to keep students connected and installed free WiFi hotspots to serve those in need that lost connections due to library closures." mtasolutions.com

GCI

"For all the hard work during COVID-19 and before, and for giving away free internet when all this started so kids could keep going to school and people could work from home. Literally the most kind thing I've ever seen a company do for its community." gci.com

First National Bank AlaskA

"They are a great organization always, but they have really stepped up their game through COVID-19, partnering with even more companies and nonprofits while stepping up for the increased need of their services within our community and state."

fnbalaska.com

66 | July 2021

FIRST NATIONAL BANK ALASKA

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Care Açaí Alaska ACENT AES AkUpply Alaska Airlines Alaska Coastal Catering Alaska Literacy Program Alaska Native Justice Center Alaska Native Tribal Health

Consortium Alaska Railroad Corporation Alaska Regional Hospital Alaska Resource Education Alaska SeaLife Center Alaska State Fair Alaska Tax Lady Alaska USA Alpha Delta Kappa Alpha Media Altman, Rogers & Co Altura Bistro Alutiiq American Cancer Society American Legion Anchorage Chamber Anchorage Economic

Development Corporation Anchorage Remote Start and

Sound Anchorage School District APD Citizen's Academy

Alumni Association Arctic Echos Cardiology Arctic Gymnastics Arctic On-Demand Arctic Slope Community

Foundation Arm Creative ASRC ASRC Energy Services Bailey's Furniture BDO Beacon Hill Beacon Media + Marketing Bean’s Cafe Bear Tooth Bee Well Chiropractic Ben & Jerry’s Big City Engineers Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot Boys & Girls Club of Eagle

River Brilliant Media Strategies Bristol Bay Native Corporation Camp Fire Alaska Cape Fox Corporation Carrs Catalyst Marine Catholic Social Services Chevron Denali Express CIRI ConocoPhillips Alaska Cook Inlet Housing Authority Cook Inlet Tribal Council Copper Whale Inn Cordova Telecom Cooperative Costco Credit Union 1 Dateline Printing Day & Night Valley

Communications Denali Express Cheron

Network Denali Nuvision Distinctive Ride Donlin Gold Doyon EBO Consulting El Rodeo Mexican Restaurant Enlaces Latinos Equinox Physical Therapy Fairbanks Native Association Faith Christian Community First National Bank Alaska Food Bank of Alaska Frostbite Foods Full Curl Archery Garcia's GCI Gospel Rescue Mission Great Harvest Bread Company Great Land Trust Health TIE Hilcorp Homer Foundation Hot Shot Sisters Hotel Captain Cook Hungry Robot Imaging Associates Inlet Tower Jackie's Restaurant Kaladi Brothers Kawerak Kim's Cuisine Asian Fusion

Bistro Kinross Fort Knox KPMG KVAK Radio Launch Alaska LifeMed Alaska Lynden Mat Valley Milling Mat-Su Title Agency Matanuska Valley Federal

Credit Union Matson MCG Explore Design MEA Moose Lodge Mossy's Fly Shop MTA New Horizon Nome Community Center Nordic Skiing Association of

Anchorage Northern Air Cargo Northrim Bank Odd Man Rush Brewing Odom Corporation PDC Engineers Peppercini's Perfectionist Auto Permafrost Beards Pillar to Post Point Blank Firearms & Self

Defense Training Poppy Lane Mercantile Preferred Medical and Rehab Providence R&M Engineers Rasmussen Foundation Ray's Apartment Renewal by Andersen Resource Development

Council Salvation Army Sealaska Seward Chamber of

Commerce Shirts Up! Skinny Raven Sports Snow City Cafe Southcentral Foundatio Special Olympics State Farm Stellar Designs Subway of Alaska Sunrise Sysco Tastee Freeze Taylored Reconstruction The Alaska Club The Alaska Raceway The Book Shelf The Foraker Group The Hungry Robot The Scotty Gomez Foundation The Seward Alehouse Thompson & Co. Thrive Assisted Living Tote True dank UniSea United Way Upper One Studios Inc. Usibelli Coal Mine Valor Midwifery Services Vellum Verizon Walmart Wells Fargo Writer's Block Yuit Communications Zo Financial

Kerry Tasker