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A Student-Led Blessings Program Feeds Kids in Chicago
Ryan Fardy, a Junior at Walter Payton College Prep in Chicago, leads Team Sweetness, a Blessings in a Backpack program addressing food insecurity by organizing weekly packing sessions for 60![Chicago Cubs Players Team Up with Blessings in a Backpack](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Website-story-feature-image-2.jpg)
Chicago Cubs Players Team Up with Blessings in a Backpack
On January 11th, Chicago Cubs players teamed up with Blessings in a Backpack to pack 200 bags of food at Pederson McCormick Boys and Girls Club.![My Cause, My Cleats supports Blessings in a Backpack](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Copy-of-Website-story-feature-image.jpg)
My Cause, My Cleats supports Blessings in a Backpack
Tune in on Monday, Dec. 4 for the Jaguars vs. Bengals game to see Darious Williams sport Blessings branded cleats.![Bridge the Gap Gala Raises Over $150,000](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Screen-Shot-2023-11-07-at-10.14.58-PM.jpg)
Bridge the Gap Gala Raises Over $150,000
Blessings in a Backpack Waukesha County Chapter held a recent Bridge the Gap gala that raised more than $150,000 to help support its mission of providing food on the weekend![Blessings in a Backpack Partners with Empowerment Club](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-4678-1200x900-1.jpg)
Blessings in a Backpack Partners with Empowerment Club
With over 30 volunteers, 500 bags of food were packed in just one hour for kids in the Chicagoland area.![Nemours Children’s Health and Jim & Tabitha Furyk Foundation Partner to Make this School Year Hunger-Free for First Coast Kids](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screen-Shot-2023-10-11-at-5.57.50-PM.jpg)
Nemours Children’s Health and Jim & Tabitha Furyk Foundation Partner to Make this School Year Hunger-Free for First Coast Kids
Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville and the Jim & Tabitha Furyk Foundation have partnered to make a donation that clears a years-long waiting list at existing Blessings in a Backpack schools![Nemours & Blessings in a Backpack deliver hundreds of healthy weekend meals to local school children](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screen-Shot-2023-10-11-at-5.23.06-PM.jpg)
Nemours & Blessings in a Backpack deliver hundreds of healthy weekend meals to local school children
Nemours Children’s Heath has partnered with Blessings in a Backpack for a fifth year to deliver healthy meals to children in Duval County Schools.![Kids Helping Kids in Chicago](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Copy-of-Website-story-feature-image.jpg)
Kids Helping Kids in Chicago
Alphonsus Academy partners with local schools to help 75 kids through DIY 5K fundraisers and monthly food packing, while AACA graduates continue Blessings programs in Chicago high schools, including St.![The Smith Family’s Journey of Feeding 150+ Kids in Long Grove](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Copy-of-Website-story-feature-image-9.jpg)
The Smith Family’s Journey of Feeding 150+ Kids in Long Grove
In their Long Grove garage, the Smith family's journey from packing meals by hand to feeding over 150 kids, and their vision to expand their impact, reveals the power of![Blessings in a Backpack raises more than $40K at golf scramble in Louisville](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-24-at-11.07.59-AM.jpg)