First Nation lunch program provides well-balanced meals for students in the North – Anishinabek News
February 23, 2022
WABAUSKANG FIRST NATION — The SchoolBOX North Lunch Program in Wabauskang First Nation in Treaty #3 pivoted their on-reserve school lunch program to provide weekly lunch boxes to families during the latest COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
“We went shopping and provided them with juice boxes, something that they can make for themselves at home like chicken nuggets or sandwiches, just quick easy meals the parents can help the kids make,” says Ramona Meekis, lunch program coordinator at SchoolBox and a Wabauskang citizen. “We also provided some fruit, granola bars, cheese.”
Meekis says the band helped with the higher cost of food during the lockdown, when she could not travel to a larger town she usually went to shop for groceries due to COVID-19 protocols.
