CORPORATE CITIZEN: Unique among the categories, the Best Corporate Citizen winners are selected through a combination of reader votes, reader comments, and the editorial team's knowledge of how these companies epitomize corporate citizenship in Alaska. The winners are unranked, and every company that our readers nominated is listed here on the page. In this category in particular, every company's contributions, large or small, have a huge effect on Alaskans' quality of life, and we want to recognize all of their efforts.

LIFEMED ALASKA

From our readers: "LifeMed Alaska is an Alaskan-owned medevac company that provides emergent medical transportation all throughout Alaska. In addition, they support many local activities and events and have a community service program their employees can participate in."

FIRST NATIONAL BANK ALASKA

From our readers: "Employees throughout the bank volunteertheir time participating in educational activities, statewide cleanups, recognition ceremonies, and more. FNBA offers donations that include money/gift cards, clothing, toys, etc., helping the community at every opportunity."

49TH STATE BREWING

From our readers: "If you see a charity auction roster, you'll probably see their name on it. Not only do they donate generously to community programs, 49th State invests in the future workforce of Alaska by working with programs for student workers, people with health conditions or impairments, and those re-entering the workforce."

OUR READERS ALSO NOMINATED:

Ahtna, Inc.

Alaska Airlines

Alaska Demolition

Alaska Pacific Insurance Agency

Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals

Alaskan Social Media Manager

Alchemy Tribal Services

Aleutian Airways

Altman, Rogers & Co

Altura Bistro

Arctic Slope Regional Corporation

ASRC Energy Services

BDO

Bean's Cafe

Bernie's Pharmacy

Blood Bank of Alaska

Boys & Girls Clubs Alaska

Caffe D'arte

Cape Fox Corporation

Capital Office

Chugach Alaska Corporation

Coffman Engineers

Cold Spot for Healthy Pets

Community Pregnancy Center

ConocoPhillips Alaska

Cook Inlet Tribal Council

Credit Union 1

Davis Constructors & Engineers

Door Systems of Alaska

DW Grill & Catering

Edstrom Construction

Fairbanks Rescue Mission

Fred Meyer

Frozen Smoke BBQ

GCI

Glacier Garage

Golden Valley Electric Association

Grant Aviation

Guardian Security Systems

Hilcorp

Homer Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center

Integrity Environmental

Island Air Express

JL Properties

Joule Wellness + Movement

Kaladi Brothers Coffee

Kinross

Kriner's Diner

LNW Transport

Locally Grown Properties

Lynden

MAC Federal Credit Union

Matanuska Telecom Association

Matson

Midnight Sun Tanning

MyHouse Mat-Su Homeless Youth Center

New Horizons

NMS

Nuvision Credit Union

Optima Public Relations

Our Town Catering

Prospect Athletics

Providence Alaska Medical Center

Rasmuson Foundation

Raven Landing Senior Community

Renewal by Andersen of Alaska

RurAL Cap Head Start and Early

Head Start

Saltchuk

Salted Roots

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