Blessings in the News Archives - Blessings in a Backpack

PGA TOUR wives hit TPC Scottsdale for charity, embrace ‘hilarious’ 1980s theme

By Helen Ross, PGATOUR.COM Meagan Laird dragged her husband Martin to the range on Monday, and they hit balls for about an hour. But it wasn’t to fine-tune the three-time PGA TOUR champ’s game in advance ...

Bobby Nichols-Fiddlesticks Charity Foundation raises more than $1M

Story via Andrew McDevitt, nbc29.com For the 17th consecutive year, The Bobby Nichols Foundation hosted its annual celebrity pro-am at Fiddlesticks Country Club in Fort Myers on Monday. This year, the eve...

Manistee Blessings in a Backpack Delivers Food Despite Snow Days

Story by Ashlyn Korienek, News Advocate Although snows days have been accumulating for schools over the past few weeks, it has not stopped Manistee Blessings in a Backpack from delivering food to students. ...

Children missing class may also be missing meals on the weekends

By Anne Runkle arunkle@digitalfirstmedia.com Advocates for the underprivileged say that children who receive free and reduced-price breakfasts and lunches at school often go without meals at home. What ha...

Barrington Children’s Charities + Blessings in a Backpack

Barrington Children’s Charities is providing a backpack full of food for 750 children on the Federal Free and Reduced Lunch Program in all eight District 220 elementary schools, Prairie and Station Middle Schoo...

Blessings in a Backpack Provides Food for 700 Kids in Barrington School District 220

Phil Rockrohr is a freelance reporter for Pioneer Press. On a Thursday morning earlier this month, volunteers from Barrington Community Unit School District 220 began trickling into Sunny Hill Elementary Sch...

Southwest Florida Chapter Gets a Big Donation

Story via fox4now.com Hundreds of students in Southwest Florida will have meals for the weekend for a full year after a generous donation. On Friday, January 18, "Champions 4 Children" presented a 70 thou...

Teams Facing Off In The TaxSlayer Gator Bowl Volunteer With Blessings in a Backpack

Before taking to the gridiron in the 74th annual TaxSlayer Gator Bowl on Dec. 31, the North Carolina State Wolfpack and Texas A&M University Aggies teamed up with Blessings in a Backpack to feed kids in Flo...

More than $50,000 donated on Giving Tuesday – Thank you!

Thank you from the bottom of our backpacks! Thank you to everyone who participated in Blessings in a Backpack's fifth annual Giving Tuesday campaign. Over $50,000 was raised in 24 hours on Nov. 27, 2018—that's...

Anthem Foundation Partners with Blessings in a Backpack

Did you know one out of six children across America eat meals at school during the week but face hunger going without access to affordable, nutritious food on Saturday and Sunday? To help reduce childhood hunge...