Blessings in a Backpack goes back to school🎒

What Blessings in a Backpack has been up to this back-to-school season!

BLESSINGS GOES BACK-TO-SCHOOL

As kids across the country went back to school, we — with your help — made sure that they're not going hungry on the weekends. Because for a lot of kids, food is their most important school supply.

Your support is helping us send 87,000 kids home with a backpack full of weekend food. Every Friday of the school year, children will get the fuel they need for good health and academic success because of YOU.

Thank you for helping Blessings in a Backpack feed the kids this weekend!

NATIONAL BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK WEEK

In September, we celebrated National Blessings in a Backpack Week — a week of events that highlighted our mission to provide food on the weekends for elementary school children across America who might otherwise go hungry.

Daily activities took place Sept. 16–20, so everyone could be an ambassador for Blessings programs and the kids we serve!

FANUC volunteers, robots included, wore backpacks to work to kick off #BlessingsWeek19.

The University of Louisville softball team showed their support on #TeamTuesday.

Inspirational note cards were created by volunteers and donated to local programs in honor of #WisdomWednesday.

On #BlessingsDay19, mayors and city officials joined local volunteers to pack bags of food for the kids in their community.

To round out the week, volunteers wore Blessings gear, started Facebook fundraisers, and shared the Blessings mission.

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BLESSINGS IN THE NEWS

Blessings was recognized during the Vikings vs. Bears game as a Chicago Bears 100 Community All-Pro! With this honor, we will receive a $100,000 grant, which will help us reach our goal of feeding 6,400 kids in Chicago this school year. Read more about this honor.

This back-to-school season, Vera Bradley is donating 50,000 backpacks to Blessings kids and matching online and in-store donations up to $50,000. Plus, we hosted pop-up carnivals across the country with some of our favorite people, like Dale and Amy Earnhardt! Learn how you can get involved with the campaign.

On Aug. 29, Blessings in a Backpack visited the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square. In honor of Blessings providing hunger-free weekends for 87,000 kids this school year, Blessings CEO Brooke Wiseman and national board member Richard Gordon rang the closing bell. Watch on Facebook.

Going back to school can be scary for many... but for 15 million children who can't afford school supplies or food supplies - it can be daunting. We thank CNN for including Blessings in a Backpack as a charity that’s helping to fill the need. Click here to read the full story.

Humankind, USA Today featured the impact of Blessings in a Backpack and how thousands of kids are getting backpacks filled with food and love. Read the story here.

MLB teams are stepping up to the plate to feed hungry kids in their communities. This season, we're partnering with the Rangers, Brewers, Cubs, and White Sox to send kids home with bags of food. Learn more about the MLB's Big League Impact initiative.

SAVE THE DATE: GIVING TUESDAY IS DEC. 3, 2019

Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday kicks off the charitable season.

Click here to learn how you can set up a Facebook fundraiser in support of Blessings on Giving Tuesday.

THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS

Reflects Giving from March 1 – June 30, 2019

$100,000 and Greater

$75,000 to $99,999

Alex and Ani Retail, LLC

Astellas Pharma, US Inc.

The Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit

New Albany Floyd County Education Foundation, Inc.

The PGA TOUR

$50,000 to $74,999

The Century Club of San Diego

Children's Fund Inc.

Constellation Brands

Farmers Insurance

FedEx

Fifth Third Bank

Variety Feeds Kids

$25,000 to $49,999

American Honda Finance Corporation

B.A. & Esther Greenheck Foundation

Barrington Children's Charities

Community Foundation of Frederick County MD Inc

Davis Love III Foundation Inc.

Discover

The Kahlert Foundation, Inc.

The Vitamin Shoppe

$15,000 to $24,999

A Recipe to End Hunger and Need Inc.

Bank of America

Cargill Incorporated

Connexus Credit Union

Jim and Tabitha Furyk Foundation, Inc.

Heaven Hill

Hosts Global

The League Club, Inc.

Nike North America

Republic Bank Foundation Inc.

SWFL Children's Charities, Inc

Sysco Corporation

United Parcel Service - Jacksonville Giving

Walmart Foundation

$10,000 to $14,999

Antares Capital

Arizona Association of School Business Officials Conference

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP

Brighter Days Foundation

Cigna Foundation

Cisco

Covenant United Methodist Church

Father Fred Foundation

General Motors Foundation

George L Shields Foundation, Inc.

IPA Foundation

Limestone Title & Escrow, LLC

Louisville Parks Foundation

The Miraglia Family Advised Fund at Stark Community Foundation

Mount Vernon Community School PTA

Mountain Christian Church

Republic Bank

Saints Francis & Clare Catholic Church

St. Vincent de Paul Church

Texas Capital Bank

Tilden Cummings, Jr.

United Way Lee County