Volunteers help serve the community Thanksgiving meal, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Arnold and Jennifer DuVernay used to spend Thanksgiving either at home, or in a Cracker Barrel. That one was a newer revelation, where “for 12 bucks you’re getting a full Thanksgiving meal with coffee and dessert and then you don’t have to clean anything up,” Arnold said. But always, Cracker Barrel or otherwise, it was with family. At least until…

Will Steinfeld is a documentary photographer and reporter in Southeast Alaska, formerly in New England.