Susan Kane, ’91, was determined to make a difference when she joined Blessings in a Backpack, a nonprofit that provides food on the weekends for children in need.
Three-year-old Genevieve was surprised to learn that some kids didn’t have enough food and wanted to help those kids. Between Christmas 2018 and 2019, she dutifully collected coins to put
The donations of a generous community have enabled the Blessings in a Backpack Southwest Florida Chapter to feed an additional 700 children since August, increasing the number of total children
In January 2018, star quarterback Lamar Jackson donated $25,000 to Blessings in a Backpack. He collected the money during a series of autograph appearances at Planet Fitness.
Before taking to the gridiron in TaxSlayer Gator Bowl the Indiana Hoosiers and Tennessee Volunteers teamed up with Blessings in a Backpack to feed kids in Florida’s First Coast.
At the 8th annual 'Hope for the Holidays' packing event hosted by the Jim and Tabitha Fuyrk Foundation, volunteers packed more than 4,000 bags of food for kids in Jacksonville,
Superheroes, with your donations and support, we were able to exceed our Giving Tuesday goal by 25 percent and raise more than $63,000 — the single biggest fundraising day in