Blessings in the News Archives - Blessings in a Backpack

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...

Who Will Feed the Kids This Giving Tuesday?

Will you join Blessings in a Backpack for Giving Tuesday this year? Our goal is to raise $18,000 in only one day — on November 27, 2018. If we meet our goal, it will help us provide more than 6,200 hunger-free...

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...

Family Ties Help Brew Change

By Elizabeth Pridgeon Despite the hundreds of miles between them, two program coordinators for Blessings in a Backpack united across state-lines to feed the kids of Houston, Texas, last month. Florida res...

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...

Woman Behind Blessings in a Backpack Honored

On Sept. 28, 2018, the family of Melissa "Missy" Hammerstrom joined volunteers and Blessings in a Backpack staff at Engelhard Elementary in Louisville, Ky., to pack more than 400 bags of food for the students ...