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Gamecock Football Team Gives Back to First Coast Kids Ahead of Gator Bowl
Featured, Local Stories, Stories from the Field January 6, 2023

Gamecock Football Team Gives Back to First Coast Kids Ahead of Gator Bowl

Leading up to the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, the South Carolina football team scored 500 hunger-free weekends for First Coast kids. The event will help hundreds of local children living with
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Hip Hip, Jorge! Mic’d Up With the Baltimore Orioles’ Jorge Mateo
Featured, Stories from the Field October 7, 2022

Hip Hip, Jorge! Mic’d Up With the Baltimore Orioles’ Jorge Mateo

From packing bags for Blessings in a Backpack to batting practice, Jorge Mateo's mic'd up does not disappoint.
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Furyk & Friends PGA Tour Champions event benefits Blessings in a Backpack First Coast Chapter
Featured, Local Stories, Stories from the Field October 5, 2022

Furyk & Friends PGA Tour Champions event benefits Blessings in a Backpack First Coast Chapter

Jacksonville Jaguar legends Tony Boselli and Josh Scobee will tee it up for Blessings in a Backpack in this year's Celebrity Challenge for Charity. They'll play in hopes of winning
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2022 PGA Championship Winner Justin Thomas funds an entire year of weekend meals for an elementary school in his hometown
Featured, Local Stories, Stories from the Field September 20, 2022

2022 PGA Championship Winner Justin Thomas funds an entire year of weekend meals for an elementary school in his hometown

PGA TOUR golfer Justin Thomas and his organization, the Justin Thomas Foundation, donated funds to provide Blessings in a Backpack for every child at Camp Taylor Elementary in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Vote for Blessings in a Backpack and Racing Louisville FC to Win the Nationwide Community Impact Award
Featured, Stories from the Field September 14, 2022

Vote for Blessings in a Backpack and Racing Louisville FC to Win the Nationwide Community Impact Award

September is here and it's time for YOU to vote for Racing Louisville FC and Emina Ekic to win the Nationwide Impact Award fan vote. Voting is simple — go
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Childhood Hunger Is No Match for Stanford Women’s Volleyball
Featured, Stories from the Field August 30, 2022

Childhood Hunger Is No Match for Stanford Women’s Volleyball

The Lady Cardinal Volleyball Team filled 350 special drawstring bags with kid-friendly, healthy food items, an inspirational note card, and a toothbrush. The bags were distributed to students at Schwab
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Portland Timbers and Thorns Players Volunteer With Blessings in a Backpack
Featured, Local Stories, Stories from the Field July 27, 2022

Portland Timbers and Thorns Players Volunteer With Blessings in a Backpack

Every year, Stand Together Week offers service activities for Timbers and Thorns players to participate in in the Portland metro area. Players and staff volunteered with Blessings in a Backpack
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Bills Fan Base Inspires Best Friends to Feed Kids
Featured, Stories from the Field May 26, 2022

Bills Fan Base Inspires Best Friends to Feed Kids

Friends since middle school, Margaret Bradshaw Johnson and Sharon Braddy-McKoy have raised kids together, vacationed together, shopped till they dropped, laughed, and cried together. Now they're feeding kids together.
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Chicago Blackhawks Patrick Kane and Fifth Third Bank Feed Kids in Chicago
Featured, Local Stories, Stories from the Field May 20, 2022

Chicago Blackhawks Patrick Kane and Fifth Third Bank Feed Kids in Chicago

Fifth Third Bank employees and #88 of the Chicago Blackhawks, Patrick Kane, packed 4,000 bags of ready-to-eat food for Chicago-area children.
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How Sisters Give Back To the Community During Their Final Softball Season Together
Featured, Local Stories, Stories from the Field May 11, 2022

How Sisters Give Back To the Community During Their Final Softball Season Together

Cassady and Carmyn Greenwood are in their final season playing on the same college softball team, the University of Louisville. They wanted to do something special to celebrate the season,
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