Blessings in the News Archives - Blessings in a Backpack

Blessings in a Backpack Effingham celebrates Blessings in a Backpack Week

Story via effinghamdailynews.com. Blessings in a Backpack—Effingham, IL, is celebrating its fifth year feeding children in the Effingham community. To celebrate this special occasion they are planning an eve...

All Nevitt Students Receive Food Items, Books at Blessings in a Backpack Event

Story via tempeschools.org. On the morning of Friday, September 29, students at Nevitt Elementary were surprised to find out that their multi-purpose room transformed into a donation and distribution center ...

Providing Weekend Food for Students in Need

Story via newkerala.com. Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK) announces the 40 school districts and more than 175 schools that are recipients of School Breakfast Grants for the 2017-2018 school year, provided thro...

Syracuse school kids get extra meals to bring home on weekends

By Tom Magnarelli, via wrvo.org. To reduce childhood hunger, some elementary school students in the Syracuse City School District are getting extra food to take home with them on weekends. Multiple communit...

35 Allstate agency owners and financial specialists earn $35,000 grant for Michigan’s Blessings in a Backpack

Story by Lauren Martin via patch.com. Thirty-five Allstate agency owners and financial specialists from across Michigan recently came together to secure a $35,000 Allstate Foundation Helping Hands® grant to...

A Blessing to the Newark Community’s Kids

Story by Steve Buchiere via Finger Lakes Times. The economy may be on the mend, but there are still plenty of families in the region struggling to feed their children. Newark Mayor Jonathan Taylor says h...

Royal Oak volunteers feed hundreds of hungry students each week

Story by Mike McConnell via theoaklandpress.com. Volunteers who work to put together Blessings in a Backpack food packages for students in Royal Oak schools are surprised when they learn how many children q...

500 students receive ‘Blessings in a Backpack’

From WTVR CBS 6 Ensuring kids have food to eat on the weekends, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney teamed up with representatives from Richmond Raceway and Cigna today to celebrate National Blessings in a Backpack ...

Food trucks battle to help kids in SWFL Hunger Games at Six Bends

Story by Charles Runnells via greatfallstribune.com. Six Bends Harley-Davidson tried a food-truck competition last year, and it was a huge success. TOO huge, actually. Organizers expected maybe 3,000 p...

Barrington Volunteers put “Blessings in a Backpack”

Story via Barrington Hills. Did you know that every Thursday morning a dedicated group of volunteers meet at Sunny Hill Elementary School to pack bags for in need District 220 students? Before Blessings in ...