Inside a large warehouse past the concessions counter at Bethel’s movie theater, social workers with the Lower Kuskokwim School District (LKSD) tape closed boxes of relief supplies.

“Kasigluk, Kong[iganak], Napaskiak, Tunt[tutuliak], Chefornak, Newtok, Tununak, Toksook [Bay],” said Meghan Crow, the district’s lead social worker, listing off communities where the boxes were headed.

Most of the communities suffered serious damage from the remnants of Typhoon Halong. All have been housing families that were evacuated.

“In the big boxes, we’ve got child sandals, woolen blankets, two boxes each of adult winter coats going out to each site, snack boxes like chips and granola bars and beef jerky, diapers, wipes, formula, bottles,” Crow said.

Crow said even before the storm, one of her key rol

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