Thousands of pounds of food donated to aid fight against child hunger in Frederick County
Blessings in a Backpack, a nonprofit aiming to end childhood food insecurity, received a donation of over 5,000 pounds of food from Minute Rice on Giving Tuesday this month.
Blessings in a Backpack Names New Chief Executive Officer
The Blessings in a Backpack National Board of Directors has announced that CEO Brooke Wiseman will retire from the organization and Erin Kerr, current Chief Development Officer, will be appointed
No Kid Hungry Gives $100,000 to Blessings in a Backpack for COVID-19 Response
In April, No Kid Hungry made a generous donation of $100,000, which was used to provide 25,000 bags of food for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year to three
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
Volunteers Get As Much As They Give
A crew of approximately 20 volunteers arrives at Waverly Elementary School in Frederick, Md., to pack bags of food for the Blessings in a Backpack program.
Blizzard Bags Packed for Snow Days in Frederick, Md.
Blessings in a Backpack volunteers assemble more than 2,000 'Blizzard Bags," to be handed out to kids in Frederick, Md., before snow days.
It Takes a Village . . .
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]By Hermine Bernstein, program coordinator, Frederick, Md. My journey with Blessings in a Backpack started in the usual way, right time, right place. In November 2013, I was at the dentist