covid response Archives - Blessings in a Backpack

Featured, Local Stories November 16, 2020

No Kid Hungry Gives $100,000 to Blessings in a Backpack for COVID-19 Response

In April, No Kid Hungry made a generous donation of $100,000, which was used to provide 25,000 bags of food for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year to three

Blessings in the News, Featured May 14, 2020

Blessings in a Backpack provides food to Chicago students amid coronavirus pandemic

Blessings in a Backpack is currently operating at eight locations throughout Chicago, feeding 3,000 kids. Before COVID-19, there were more than 60 Chicago locations, feeding 6,000 children.

Blessings in the News, Featured May 7, 2020

We Surpassed Our #GivingTuesdayNow Goal of $10,000!

Because of you, we exceeded our original goal by 246 percent(!) and raised more than $34,600 for the first ever #GivingTuesdayNow! Thank you for stepping up during the most uncertain