What We Do
Blessings in a Backpack mobilizes communities, individuals, and resources to provide food on the weekends for school-aged children across America who might otherwise go hungry.
Make a Donation
$175 can help us feed a child every weekend of the school year.
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Our National Footprint
Blessings in a Backpack has more than 1,200 programs nationwide and seven regional chapters. Find a program near you or start one.
How It Works
Blessings in a Backpack offers flexible program models built on scalable sustainability that any community in America can use to end weekend hunger for its kids. Through our network of over 1,200 program locations, we leverage our collective experience to ensure effective and efficient programming. With your help, we can end weekend hunger in your community.
During the 2023–2024 school year, we provided over 3 million hunger-free weekends for children nationwide.
Become a Monthly Donor!
For just $15 a month, you can provide a weekend’s worth of food—and a whole lot of love—for a child who might otherwise go hungry. Your monthly gift gives kids stability, strength, and the chance to simply enjoy being kids.
Since 2008, Blessings in a Backpack has created over 30 million hunger-free weekends. And we’re just getting started.
Happy Summer!
School’s out, and we’re so grateful for your support this year. Thanks to you, thousands of kids had hunger-free weekends—every weekend.
Recent News Stories
Longtime volunteers continue legacy of late Blessings in a Backpack program coordinator
For more than a decade, dedicated volunteers in Wilkins Township, Pa., have packed weekend food bags for local students through Blessings in a Backpack, continuing Linda Lafferty's legacy.
Erin Kerr Named One of Crain’s 2025 Notable Leaders in Philanthropy
Blessings in a Backpack CEO Erin Kerr has been named one of Crain’s Chicago Business 2025 Notable Leaders in Philanthropy, honoring her impact on childhood hunger and nonprofit leadership nationwide.