Blessings In A Backpack

12.4 million American children - one in six - are food insecure. | 62% of children in U.S. Public Schools are on the Free or Reduced Meal program. | One in five children under the age of five live at risk of hunger in 13 states. | Unmet nutritional needs make it very difficult to learn, pay attention and behave properly. | $80 feeds one child on the weekends for an entire school year. | $2.10 feeds one child each weekend.

Hot News and Events

June 28: Poker tournaments in Naples, Florida raise nearly $10K! Read more here.

June 8: An amazing $160K was raised at the Kate & Justin Rose Charity event! Read more here.

May 20: Miley Cyrus announces her involvement in Blessings in
a Backpack! She has been supporting 600 kids in Hazard, KY, since January. Read more here.

Special Note:
A big THANK YOU goes out Sammy Hagar for his continued efforts in supporting Blessings in a Backpack.

Also check out the NEW Canadian Blessings in a Backpack site here.

23,507 Kids
&
157 Schools
adopted
as of May 2010

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