Super One roundup raises $56,000 for Duluth addiction recovery program

A small-change roundup at Super One stores added up fast: $56,000 in just two and a half weeks for Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge in Duluth.

The money will help support men in the organization’s Duluth campus program, a 13-month residential recovery model that depends on steady operating dollars to keep beds open and services running. Brandon Torgerson, the Duluth center manager, said the program costs about $2,000 a month for each client, and the campus has roughly 40 men in treatment.

That makes the register campaign more than a feel-good donation drive. The dollars will help cover housing, food, utilities, payroll, counseling and mental-health services, the daily costs that keep a long-term recovery program functioning. For men trying to rebuild after addiction, those basics are not extras; they are the structure that makes treatment possible.

The Super One campaign was part of the broader Breezy Point 5K fundraising effort, which volunteers said has now raised more than $709,000 since it began. Organizers are still working toward a $1 million goal, a mark that would push the annual effort into a new range of support for recovery services across the region.

The Duluth campaign showed how quickly small donations can translate into real operating help when the need is constant and the number of people served is large. With about 40 men living in the program at a time, the $56,000 will help stabilize care inside a campus that relies on community giving to keep its recovery model moving day to day.