Blessings in the News Archives - Blessings in a Backpack

Volunteer Wisconsin Recognizes Regina Estrada as Volunteer Rock Star

Nonprofits depend on volunteers to help them reach their mission, but some volunteers just stand out . . . Regina Estrada is one such volunteer. She volunteers for Blessings in a Backpack, an organization tha...

Fighting Childhood Hunger on Long Island

By Jodi Goldberg, fox5ny.com. Trisha Ewald's mission hits close to home. She spends her time volunteering with Blessings in a Backpack, a national nonprofit organization that provides food on the weekends f...

Denver Mayor Hancock Kicks-Off Blessings in a Backpack Program

Story by Donna Bryson, denverite.com. After filling backpacks with crackers, cheese, breakfast cereal and other food for hungry kids in the library Friday, Mayor Michael Hancock walked down to the Omar D. Bl...

Hampton University Students a Force for Generosity

Story by Lisa Vernon Sparks, dailypress.com Photo by Judith Lowery More than a dozen students from Hampton University’s Drumline squad last Wednesday stuffed as many as 800 backpacks — but not with school s...

Nevitt Elementary Students Take Home Food and Books on Blessings Day

On September 25, Nevitt Elementary students received some extra special blessings sent home in their backpacks, thanks to Blessings in a Backpack and Kids Need to Read. Free food and books were sent home wit...

Blessings in a Backpack of Waukesha County to hold annual fundraiser Oct. 13

Story by Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Pictures by Scott Ash. While Blessings in a Backpack of Waukesha County has been around for just six years, the impact it has made on helping to close a hun...

National Blessings in a Backpack Week Recap

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Cigna Packs 800 Bags of Food on Blessings in a Backpack Day

Cigna employees and Hampton University students joined Councilman Steve Brown to pack four weekends worth of food — or 800 bags — for the students at Machen Elementary School in Hampton, Va., on National Blessi...

MLB MVP Dale Murphy Joins Avenue to Pack Bags of Weekend Food

In honor of National Blessings in a Backpack Week, Avenu Insights & Analytics executives and staff teamed up with former MLB National League MVP Dale Murphy on September 26 at Belmont Elementary School to p...

Father Fred kicks off Blessings in a Backpack for new school year

Story by upnorthlive.com. Dozens of volunteers helped kick off a program that helps make sure students don't go hungry on the weekends. The 6th year of Father Fred's "Blessings in a Backpack" kicked off ...