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New nonprofit pitches universal school lunch pilot; school board postpones formal approval for one month
Summary
A new nonprofit, Alaskan Bounty for Children, presented a plan to provide daily lunches — and later vocational culinary training — to three borough schools; the school board voted to postpone approval for one month so organizers can conduct community outreach and a survey. The nonprofit asked the borough for $25,000 to seed a pilot year.
A newly formed nonprofit, Alaskan Bounty for Children (ABC), presented a proposal to the Denali Borough Assembly to pilot a universal daily lunch program across three borough schools, and to develop an associated vocational culinary training program for older students.
Program and ask: ABC’s organizer (identified in the meeting as Kelly) told the assembly the organization plans to start with lunch only in Year 1, move toward breakfast in a later year, and develop a culinary vocational opportunity tied to Tri Valley and the other schools. The group estimated a high‑end budget of roughly $200,000 for a fully scaled program; ABC asked the borough for…
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