Monthly Newsletter | August 2020
Fast Facts:

A food insecure household has limited or uncertain access to enough food to support a healthy life.

Due to a significant rise in unemployment this year, and a corresponding increase in child poverty, it's projected that ONE in FOUR children struggles with food insecurity.

We are here to help. Click here to learn how you can start a Blessings program to feed food-insecure kids in your community.
Get Involved:

Calling all artists 12 and under! We invite YOU to design Blessings in a Backpack's next t-shirt. Download and print the entry form, draw your favorite thing about school, and submit your design. We'll post our Top 10 favorites on Facebook, and the drawing with the most 'Likes' will win!

Our friends at Spartan Kids Foundation will donate $20 to Blessings in a Backpack for every entry submitted. Click here for contest rules and to submit your entry!
Shop New Swag:

Check out the new products just added to the Blessings in a Backpack store! Use promo code BTS2020 to save 20% off your purchase. Promo code ends 9/5/20.
Promo code excludes face masks, which are available for pre-order.

Upcoming Events:

August 20, 5-6pET

National Blessings in a Backpack Day
September 17, 2020
Core News:
Video: Volunteers share why they started a Blessings in a Backpack program in their community.
Good Apples:
Blessings in a Backpack + Vera Bradley

This back-to-school season, receive a FREE Vera Bradley bag charm (a $20 value) with your donation of $10 or more to Blessings in a Backpack.

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Spartan Kids Foundation: Feed the Kids Fundraiser

Sign up and create your child's own fundraising page to raise funds to feed hungry kids. Raise a minimum of $50, and your child will qualify for a FREE Spartan Kids Race code.

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Name Bubbles Helps Feeds Kids This Back-to-School Season

This back-to-school season, our friends at Name Bubbles will donate $1 of every School Labels Pack purchased to Blessings in a Backpack.

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Summer Snackpacking: Backyard Edition Benefits Blessings

Participate in Southern Recipe Small Batch's summer sweepstakes. You'll help them make a $5,000 donation to Blessings in a Backpack, plus be entered for great prizes.

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Thank You to Our Donors
Reflects giving from April 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020:
$100,000 and Up
$75,000 to $99,999 
Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation 
Daniel Murphy 
New Albany Floyd County Education Foundation, Inc.
 
$50,000 to $74,999 
Brown-Forman Foundation 
Randall Bufford 
Community Foundation of Greater Rochester 
Community Foundation of Louisville Depository, Inc. 
Ferrara Candy 
Fifth Third Bank 
 
$25,000 to $49,999 
Anonymous 
Bank of America 
Champions for Education, Inc. 
Fabletics 
Fore!Kids Foundation, Inc. 
Holy Name Cathedral 
Minute Rice 
One Louisville 
PGA TOUR Volunteer Appreciation Program sponsored by Astellas Myrbetriq 
The Sands Family Foundation, Inc. 
United Way Of Northeast Florida 
Wells Fargo Championship

$15,000 to $24,999 
Valerie Bertinelli 
Bikoff Foundation 
Community Foundation of Frederick County, MD, Inc.
Conagra Brands Foundation 
Congregational UCC 
Connexus Credit Union 
Donne Di Domani 
Fairfax Financial 
Terri Hearsh 
The League Club, Inc. 
Louisville Parks Foundation 
PGA TOUR Charities, Inc. 
Rickhouse Marketing 
The Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation 
Charl and Rosalind Schwartzel 
Steve Stricker American Family 
Trustmark National Bank 
UPS-Jacksonville Employees 
Matt Wallace 
West Bay Community Charitable Foundation, Inc.
 
$10,000 to $14,999 
Beaches Community Fund 
Gibann Bunnett 
Caraway Home 
CarMax Foundation 
Casely, Inc. 
Cigna Healthspring 
Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin 
Connexus Assoc., Inc. 
Father Fred Foundation 
First Florida Integrity Bank 
Jim and Tabitha Furyk Foundation, Inc. 
Innovation Endeavors 
Johnson & Johnson 
Tom and Annie Kane 
Lee County BOCC 
Leelanau Christian Neighbors, Inc. 
The Light & Airy Photographer, LLC 
Limestone Title & Escrow, LLC 
Meijer, Inc. 
Micron Technology 
NASCAR Foundation 
The Newlands Family Fund 
Northstar Family Foundation Inc. 
The Oconomowoc Area Foundation 
Richmond Raceway 
Sanibel Captiva Community Bank 
Shott June Foundation 
Snap, Inc. 
Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation 
St. Vincent dePaul Church 
Sysco Corporation 
Terracore Operating Company, LLC 
Welsh Family Charitable Gift Fund