Donations

Thank you for considering a donation. Donations of any size are appreciated.

Donations are used to train and support our all-volunteer team, purchase technical rescue equipment, and provide infrastructure upgrades. We depend on donations and grants to remain up-to-date and operational.

KVRS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Donations are tax deductible. We have no paid staff, and we never charge for our services.

Please include your contact information when making donations so that your generosity can be acknowledged.

Check or cash donations can be mailed to:

Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad

PO Box 5786

Ketchikan, AK 99901

Credit card donations can be made securely online using PayPal by clicking here. Note, PayPal will deduct a small credit card processing fee from your donation.

Donations can be dropped off during regular business hours to:

North Tongass Fire Station 8

13110 N Tongass Hwy

Ketchikan, AK 99901

Alaskans can share a portion of their Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) through the Pick.Click.Give program. Search for "Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad" while completing your PFD application. Note, Pick.Click.Give will deduct a small administrative fee from your donation.

KVRS is part of A&P's 1% donation program, where 1% of qualifying sales can be submitted for a store credit. Send us your A&P grocery receipts that are less than 6 months old so that they can be repurposed into granola bars to fuel our teams.

Amazon discontinued the AmazonSmile program in June 2023. Thanks for selecting KVRS while shopping. Please keep shopping at our great local businesses, which continue to provide us with unfaltering support.

Through their "Coastal Cares" program, Coastal Real Estate Group donates $50 on behalf of their clients to a local non-profit organization for every buyer that purchases a home and every seller that closes a home sale with Coastal Real Estate Group.

Find us around Ketchikan during various community events such as the blueberry crepe booth at the Blueberry Festival in August and the pumpkin patch in October.