The application for a state program called Meals to You is newly available in the Chilkat Valley and closes soon. 

Both Chatham and Haines Borough School District students are among the 31 school districts eligible to enroll in the program this year. Families will receive weekly meal boxes with shelf-stable, kid-friendly foods designed to support children when school cafeterias are closed. 

Meals to You is one of two summer school lunch programs set to operate…

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