Fooda Gives Back
Story by fooda.com.
Fooda is excited to announce Fooda Gives Back, a new employee-driven initiative focused on deepening our social impact in the markets in which we operate.
Fooda employees selected two ...
Blessings in a Backpack 0.5K is ‘a race for the rest of us’
Story by Courtney Hayden via WHAS11.com
Have you ever wanted to participate in a charity race, minus the race part? Well, June 15th is going to be YOUR day as Blessings in a Backpack hosts their first ever 0...
Blessings in a Backpack aims to fight child hunger at Missouri City elementary school
By Kristi Nix, Staff writer, chron.com
The inspiration came unexpectedly two years ago, after Missouri City resident Toni Pierre received a performance incentive from her employer, the Houston non-profit Ame...
Second Annual Boerne 0.5k “Race” Brings in $46,000 for Local Blessings in a Backpack Program
Self-proclaimed coach potatoes, slackers and underachievers certainly didn’t disappoint when it came to the turn out for this year’s second annual Boerne 0.5k “race.” Six-hundred “runners” dressed in costumes, ...
Teams Pack 2,000 Bags of Food at Third Annual Race to Feed Chicago
Story written by Katherine Morse, CAB member
Blessings in a Backpack’s Chicago Associates Board (CAB) hosted its third annual Race to Feed Chicago on Thursday, May 2. This fundraiser is becoming quite the e...
Montessori Kindergartners Make a Difference
Story via dailyherald.com
Kindergartners at Northwest Suburban Montessori School in Arlington Heights recently participated in their annual service project benefiting local children in need. School administ...
Hundreds of Kids in SWFL attend Breakfast of Champions
Kids in Southwest Florida were inspired more than a dozen NFL, NBA, MLB, PGA, Olympic, and collegiate athletes at the Breakfast of Champions hosted by Blessings in a Backpack and Champions 4 Children.
Hundre...
Texas Roadhouse Packs 8,000 Bags of Food for Summer
Click here to watch a video via WDRB.com.
Texas Roadhouse employees helped pack 8,000 bags of food for kids in Louisville, Ky. to take home for the weekends during the summer. It's part of the "Summer Blessi...
Not All Superheroes Wear Capes . . .
Written by Shayla Alvey
Superheroes are known for making a positive difference in the world, and so are Blessings in a Backpack volunteers. During National Volunteer Week in April, we are recognizing and tra...
Introducing the Weekend Avengers
Our society loves superheroes and their supernatural abilities, but what keeps us coming back are the human struggles that our heroes overcome. How beloved would Spider-Man be if we didn’t also see Peter Parker...