Embracing Sobriety, Building Hope

A Crisis of Capacity in Alaska

For 43 years, Alaska Addiction Rehabilitation Services (AARS) has offered hope, dignity, and healing for adults struggling with substance use disorder. But the need is outpacing capacity. AARS receives nearly 383 statewide referrals each year yet can only treat about 40 clients annually due to limited space.

In a state where there are only 65 treatment beds in the Mat-Su Valley and 450 statewide, hundreds of Alaskans are left waiting. Waiting for a second chance. Waiting for recovery. Waiting to live.

What We’re Building, and Why

In March 2025, AARS broke ground on a $12 million facility expansion that will add 26 new residential treatment beds, doubling our current residential treatment capacity. In this expansion, we will also double our current outpatient bed capacity, growing from 10 to 20. This expansion represents more than bricks and mortar, it’s about restoring families, reducing overdose deaths, and transforming lives across Alaska.

With this growth, AARS will:

• Serve up to 90 clients per year (up from 30)
• Reduce waitlists for care that can’t wait
• Provide state-of-the-art treatment in a secure, trauma-informed environment
• Extend our commitment to high-quality, client-centered rehabilitation

This is a movement for accessible, lifesaving care, and it’s already in motion.

Who's Backing the Mission

We’re proud to have bipartisan support and funding from:

• Senator Lisa Murkowski and Alaska state legislators
• Mat-Su Health Foundation
• Murdock Charitable Trust
• Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority

Our trusted partner, H5 Construction, is leading the build.

But to finish strong, we need you.

Where Your Donation Goes

Every dollar directly fuels this transformative project. Here’s how you can help:

• $100: Purchases clinical materials and personal recovery kits
• $500: Supports training and life skills programming
• $1,000: Furnishes a bedroom for a resident beginning their recovery
• $5,000: Helps build a new bedroom for new residents to pursue their recovery
• $10,000: Builds a therapy room to facilitate healing
• $20,000: Builds a shared living room to promote community and relationship-building

Sponsorship Program

Here are options for the wonderful sponsors willing to help make a change in our communities:

• Platinum Sponsor – $20,000+ (limit 4–5): Top billing in campaign recognition. Benefits: Prominent logo placement on AARS’s website and campaign materials; mention in all press releases; feature story in AARS newsletter; naming opportunity (e.g. sponsor a new group room or a commemorative plaque at the facility); invitation to speak at the campaign kickoff or ribbon-cutting event; VIP site tour with leadership.
• Gold Sponsor – $10,000+: High-level recognition. Benefits: Logo on campaign materials and event signage; named as a major sponsor in press materials; social media spotlights; inclusion on a donor wall plaque; invitation to ribbon-cutting ceremony; tickets to any campaign events (networking opportunity).
• Silver Sponsor – $5,000+: Benefits: Logo or name listed on donor recognition materials (website, event programs, etc.); highlighted in a social media thank-you post; included on donor wall plaque; invitation to campaign celebration event.
• Bronze Sponsor – $1,000+: Benefits: Name listed on campaign webpage and printed program; group thank-you in newspaper ad at campaign conclusion; certificate of appreciation for display.
• Community Supporter – <$1,000 (Individual/Family Donors): All contributors are important. Benefits: Thanked by name (or anonymously if preferred) on a campaign honor roll webpage and in AARS’s annual report; invitation to a public open house at the expanded facility.

You’re not just funding a building. You’re creating space for healing.

Join the Movement

Be a founding force in the next chapter of recovery in Alaska.
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Together, we are building far more than a facility.
We are building hope.