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lessings in a Backpack mobilizes communities, individuals, and resources to provide food on the weekends for elementary school children across America who might otherwise go hungry.
Why Do We Do It?
There are more than 15-million children in this country who are at risk of hunger. The consequences of hunger are much more than a growling stomach. Poor nutrition can result in a weaker immune system, increased hospitalization, lower IQ, shorter attention spans, and lower academic achievement. Children are fed during the school week by federal government programs, but we want to make sure they’re getting nutritional meals over the weekend, too.
Blessings in a Backpack is a 501 C (3) non- profit organization currently feeding over 83,000 children 900 schools in 46 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. The program is a hybrid of private sector funding and public partnership carried out in schools. We are feeding the future of America, one school at a time.
Southwest Florida’s Children
Presently Blessings in a Backpack of Southwest Florida is feeding over 3,000 children in over eleven programs in Lee and Collier Counties. Over 40,000 area children are deemed food insufficient. We have a waiting list for area schools that need our program. Here is how you help! Every dollar donated in Southwest Florida feeds our children right here in our backyard!
How Much Does it Cost?
$100 feeds one child on the weekends for one 38-week school year through the Blessings in a Backpack program. The Results: Nourished Kids Ready to Learn. That is four meals every weekend! That comes to less than $2.64 a weekend!
Food is an essential building block, and in this case truly is a blessing, especially to a hungry child! ◆
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