Donate to feed the kids this school year

important school supply

For a lot of kids, food is their most

Because when kids have enough food, they do better in school. This back-to-school season,

donate to help us feed the kids on the weekends. $115 will feed a child for one school year.

Give today!

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Who Will Feed the Kids This Weekend?

60,000 children living in Lee and Collier Counties eat meals at school during the week but

struggle with access to food on the weekends. How can you help?

Donate Now

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Our impact during the 2020/21 school year

Whether kids were in the physical or virtual classroom, we continued to feed children on the weekends thanks to

supporters like you!

Read our Impact Report

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Local Give Back Opportunities

Consider the following ways to get involved with the SWFL Chapter of Blessings in a Backpack.

Get Involved

Blessings Week 2021

Local Stories September 10, 2021

Blessings Week 2021

Every day of Blessings in a Backpack Week, September 13–17, we will provide a word for our Photo-a-Day Challenge—use the prompts and post a picture. Plus, more ways to get

Blessings in a Backpack SWFL is selected as a State Farm Neighborhood Assist(R) Top 200 Finalist and needs your votes!

Featured, Local Stories August 17, 2021

Blessings in a Backpack SWFL is selected as a State Farm Neighborhood Assist(R) Top 200 Finalist and needs your votes!

Blessings has until August 27 at 11:59 p.m. ET to rally votes. On September 29, the top 40 vote-receiving causes will be announced and a $25,000 grant will be awarded

More than $4,100 Donated in Honor of World Hunger Day to Feed Kids This Summer

Local Stories May 31, 2021

More than $4,100 Donated in Honor of World Hunger Day to Feed Kids This Summer

More than $4,100 was donated to provide hunger-free weekends for 300 kids in Southwest Florida over the summer through Blessings community partners.

Our Partners

We would like to give many thanks to our Partners listed below, without which this program would not be possible.

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