![Grants Awarded to Organizations Fighting Food Insecurity](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Website-story-feature-image-26-scaled.jpg)
Grants Awarded to Organizations Fighting Food Insecurity
Blessings in a Backpack Frederick Chapter received $75,000 to support its weekend food program for youth, which provides food to about 4,300 children annually.![Ravens Safety Kyle Hamilton and Preston Ford West Team Up with Blessings in a Backpack](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P1237282-scaled.jpg)
Ravens Safety Kyle Hamilton and Preston Ford West Team Up with Blessings in a Backpack
This past football season, Preston Automotive Group donated $140 to Blessings in a Backpack for every tackle Baltimore Ravens Safety Kyle Hamilton made.![Collective Church food drive seeks to donate 20,000 pounds of groceries](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_1113.jpg)
Collective Church food drive seeks to donate 20,000 pounds of groceries
The donated food gets divided up between three community partners including Blessings in a Backpack Frederick Chapter.![A Legacy of Love and Learning](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Website-story-feature-image3-scaled.jpg)
A Legacy of Love and Learning
The Hankin Family Charitable Foundation is starting a new Blessings in a Backpack program in loving memory of their mother and wife, who was an educator and principal in Howard![The Washington Post Announces the 2021 Principal of the Year Award Winner](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/imrs.php_.jpeg)
The Washington Post Announces the 2021 Principal of the Year Award Winner
Principal Denise Lancaster has established over 36 official community partnerships to support the community's needs, including Blessings in a Backpack.![Kids in Frederick, Md., Receive Extra Food Ahead of School Shutdown](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-17-at-1.07.48-PM.png)
Kids in Frederick, Md., Receive Extra Food Ahead of School Shutdown
The Blessings in a Backpack program in Frederick, Md., has responded to the closing of schools statewide by pulling together enough food to last each of their 3,100 kids for![Blizzard Bags Packed for Snow Days in Frederick, Md.](https://www.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-18-at-3.08.11-PM.png)