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Letters to the Editor | Nov. 12, 2025
Backpack Pantry delivers an average of 45 weekend food bags weekly to support low-income students relying on school meals during the academic year.
- Backpack Pantry, an all‑volunteer Vashon group, delivers an average of 45 bags weekly during the school year to Vashon schools for weekend meals for children from low‑income families.
- Amid increasing need, volunteers say Backpack Pantry expanded due to rising food demand and reduced government benefits, supporting students relying on school breakfasts and lunches during the week.
- The weekend packages contain oatmeal, pasta, soups, canned fruits and vegetables, canned meat and tuna, and protein-rich snacks, and for information, contact backpackpantryvashon@gmail.com or Nancy Kennedy, Co‑Director, Backpack Pantry.
- A letter-writer argues the Affordable Care Act promised around 25% premium savings, yet the writer paid over three times more before its passage and notes a 'sunset' provision ended subsidies amid the shutdown debate.
- With legislative and foundation support, Homer High thanked Bunnell Street Arts Center and cited funding from the Alaska Legislature, Alaska State Council on the Arts, Rasmuson Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and local donors, while visiting artist Ethan Lauesen taught mokulito printing and student works are displayed in the school library.
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