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Bob’s Red Mill Supports Blessings in a Backpack Northwest Oregon Chapter
With the support of Bob's Red Mill, thousands of food-insecure children in NW Oregon will return to school on Mondays, nourished and ready to learn.![2021 National Volunteer Week](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/volunteer-appreciation-week-scaled.jpg)
2021 National Volunteer Week
We are asking our supporters to send a friendly note to show your appreciation to all of our wonderful volunteers. Click 'Read More' to share some love for our volunteers.![A new Blessings First Coast Pilot Program Designed to Enhance, Introduce, and Reduce](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/IMG_2614-scaled.jpg)
A new Blessings First Coast Pilot Program Designed to Enhance, Introduce, and Reduce
The "Fresh Companion" pilot program, launched by Nease Senior High School students in January, will plant, grow, and bring to fruition to First Coast kids!![Blessings in a Backpack pop-up outdoor events help feed hungry kids, reunite volunteers](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/605932cb00b0f.image_.jpg)
Blessings in a Backpack pop-up outdoor events help feed hungry kids, reunite volunteers
At a pop-up food packing event outside Frederick Blessings in a Backpack’s office Monday, volunteers filled bags with an extra spring in their step, happy to see each other in![Blessings in a Backpack SWFL Chapter raises $20,000 at inaugural ‘Brews for Blessings’ event](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-17-at-1.00.20-PM-scaled.jpg)
Blessings in a Backpack SWFL Chapter raises $20,000 at inaugural ‘Brews for Blessings’ event
The inaugural ‘Brews for Blessings’ family-fun block party at Millennial Brewing Company in downtown Fort Myers raised $20,000 to support Blessings in a Backpack’s mission of feeding school children on![Justin and Kate Rose Help Fuel Central Florida Youth](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Screen-Shot-2021-04-22-at-6.15.34-PM-scaled.jpg)
Justin and Kate Rose Help Fuel Central Florida Youth
Justin and Kate have supported Blessings in a Backpack for over a decade helping provide more than 500,000 hunger-free weekends to more than 15,000 children in Central Florida.![School district begins Julio’s Cereal Challenge to honor beloved friend’s memory](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-6.40.28-PM.jpg)
School district begins Julio’s Cereal Challenge to honor beloved friend’s memory
All of the cereal collected will go to the local Blessings in a Backpack program and area food banks in memory of Julio Narvaez, who recently died recently from COVID-19![Pro golfer donates millions to end childhood hunger in Central Florida](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Screen-Shot-2021-04-22-at-6.00.23-PM-scaled.jpg)
Pro golfer donates millions to end childhood hunger in Central Florida
Thousands of young kids in Central Florida don’t get enough food on the weekends. Justin and Kate Rose have raised and donated millions of dollars in the past to go![Volunteers fight hunger as many homebound](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-6.12.15-PM.jpg)
Volunteers fight hunger as many homebound
Our DeForest, Wis. program is serving about 145 kids each week this school year. “I just added them up and 2,750 Blessings in a Backpack bags have gone home with![The Kate & Justin Rose Foundation donates $1 million to Blessings in a Backpack Orlando Chapter](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/palmetto-scaled.jpg)