Meals To You

The first shipments of 5-day meal boxes will be delivered in the first week of June and continue until the last full week before school goes back into fall semester.

No, this program is a federal United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) administered by Food Bank of Alaska in collaboration with the Department of Early Education and Development (DEED). All Meals to You participants will receive these meals at no direct cost to them. 

Food Bank of Alaska's Meals to You Program will be serving 31 communities this summer. If your school is not on the list, please reach out to your school district.

• Alaska Gateway School District

• Annette Island School District

• Bering Strait School District

• Bristol Bay Borough School District

• Chatham School District

• Copper River School District

• Craig City School District

• Dillingham City School District

• Galena City School District

• Haines Borough School District

• Hoonah City School District

• Hydaburg City School District

• Kake School District

• Kashunamiut School District

• Ketchikan Gateway School District

• Klawock City School District

• Kodiak Island Borough School District

• Kuspuk School District

• Lake and Peninsula School District

• Lower Kuskokwim School District

• Lower Yukon School District

• Mt. Edgecumbe School District

• Nenana City School District

• Nome Public Schools

• Northwest Arctic Borough School District

• Saint Mary’s School District

• Southeast Island School District

• Valdez City School District

• Yukon Flats School District

• Yukon-Koyukuk School District

• Yupiit School District

Check with your child’s school to see if your district is participating in Meals to You for the 2025 summer season, or refer to the list in the question above for participating locations.

No, Meals to You will operate within the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Meals to You expands access to SFSP to communities that have historically lacked access to SFSP.

For those communities with SFSP programs children who receive meal boxes can still attend SFSP programs but can only receive two meals from the SFSP program since they are already receiving food via Meals to You. 

The United States Postal Service (USPS) will ship the meal boxes. 

Boxes will be shipped out with the intent of the meal boxes arriving on the first Monday in June. Shipping to different regions of the state will experience different timelines and Food Bank of Alaska has built in two weeks to account for any possible delays. 

Meals to You aims to ship weekly meal boxes to households while the participants school is out of session for summer break which depending on the year could be 12-13 weeks.  

Yes! You can still sign up to get meal boxes during the summer program if you are receiving SNAP or any other form of assistance. Plus, signing up for Meal to You will not affect your eligibility for other assistance programs. 

The application period is April 1-30, 2025. Food Bank of Alaska has a QR code they will share with the districts participating that will lead to an application for families to fill out.

Please fill out ONE application per household.  

No, just one child in the family needs to be enrolled in the school. Younger siblings that are not enrolled in school yet can still receive boxes if approved by the school district. 

No, once the application is filled out in April that is the only application that needs to be filled out.  

The Summer Food Service Program provides meals to all eligible children 18 and under. School districts determine eligibility. At least one child per household needs to be enrolled in a participating school to qualify the entire household.   

If you need to update your shipping address, contact email, phone number, or legal guardian name after submitting your application, please fill out our Meals to You Service Inquiry Form. We’ll make sure your information is updated before your next shipment, if possible.

We’re sorry that happened! Please report any damaged or incomplete boxes using our Meals to You Service Inquiry Form, and we’ll look into it right away. Including a photo (if possible) helps us respond faster.

To cancel your enrollment in Meals to You, simply submit the Meals to You Service Inquiry Form and select “I would like to stop receiving shipments.” Please allow a few business days for processing.