With the start of school today, Wrangell Cooperative Association ensured more than a few local students came prepared. Last week the Tribe distributed 110 backpacks as part of its annual back to school program.
Eighty-five of these came from the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, which provides the backpacks to families across the region annually. The brand-name bags are outfitted with notebooks and materials suitable for different ages and include stationary, a new water bottle, a ruler and a waterproof bag.
“They’ve done really well. Very nice backpacks,” comme...
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