Volunteers putting boxes of food on the bus For millions of American Children, School = Food COVID-19 school closures have taught us that school is more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. Help ensure kids have food on the weekends too It's a place where kids feel safe and secure and have access to meals during the week. Blessings in a Back Pack Week National Blessings in a Backpack Week is going virtual! Find fun and virtual activities — — like Zoom backgrounds and Bingo boards — to get involved while maintaining social distance. Take me to the virtual activities Blessings in a Backpack Week: Sept. 14–18, 2020 Picture of girl pointing to her t-shirt Download and print an entry form 2020 Kids T-Shirt Design Contest Calling all artists 12 and under! We invite YOU to design Blessings in a Backpack’s next t-shirt. For every entry submitted, Spartan Kids Foundation will donate $20 to Blessings in a Backpack. Group of smiling children Read our Impact Report Our Impact During 19/20 School Year With the help of amazing partners, we were able to feed more children than ever before AND help kids while schools are closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Boy holdng up a bag of food Who will feed the kids when schools are closed? At Blessings in a Backpack, we often ask, "Who will feed the kids this weekend?" But the COVID-19 emergency has caused us Blessings' Response to COVID-19 to expand our programs from feeding kids on only the weekends, to now serving kids while schools are closed.

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We're feeding the kids this weekend!

87000 kids in 45 states and Washington, D.C.

3000000
Hunger-free weekends
17305
Volunteers
13000
Donors
1092
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Why Get Involved?

How To Help?

DONATE
For $130 you can help us feed a child every weekend of the school year.
FUNDRAISE
Organize a Facebook fundraiser to feed the kids in your community.
GET INVOLVED
Volunteer your time or talent to support a local Blessings program.
KEEP IN TOUCH
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OUR PARTNERS

We would like to give many thanks to our National Partners listed below, without which this program would not be possible.

  • Vera Bradley
  • Kate and Justin Rose Foundation
  • Fiddlesticks
  • Meijer
  • Cigna
  • PGA Tour Appreciation
  • Publix Charities
  • Community Foundation of Greater Rochester
  • Variety Charity

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