What We Do
Blessings in a Backpack mobilizes communities, individuals, and resources to provide food on the weekends for school-aged children across America who might otherwise go hungry.
Make a Donation
$175 can help us feed a child every weekend of the school year.
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Our National Footprint
Blessings in a Backpack has more than 1,200 programs nationwide and seven regional chapters. Find a program near you or start one.
How It Works
Blessings in a Backpack offers flexible program models built on scalable sustainability that any community in America can use to end weekend hunger for its kids. Through our network of over 1,200 program locations, we leverage our collective experience to ensure effective and efficient programming. With your help, we can end weekend hunger in your community.
During the 2023–2024 school year, we provided over 3 million hunger-free weekends for children nationwide.
Become a Monthly Donor!
For just $15 a month, you can provide a weekend’s worth of food—and a whole lot of love—for a child who might otherwise go hungry. Your monthly gift gives kids stability, strength, and the chance to simply enjoy being kids.
Since 2008, Blessings in a Backpack has created over 30 million hunger-free weekends. And we’re just getting started.
Fuel Kids First Day!
Kids can’t have a successful school year if they are running on an empty tank. By donating to Blessings in a Backpack today, you are fueling their first day, so they can go back to school knowing they will have the nourishment they need.
A gift of $175 can feed one kid on the weekends for the entire school year.
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