Monthly Newsletter | May 2022
Fast Facts:

Food prices have increased for 17 months in a row, and, according to the NY Times, rising prices affect poorer households, which spend more of their income on food.

Fortunately, Blessings in a Backpack works closely with Sysco and several key manufacturers — like Kellogg, Conagra, and StarKist — to get preferred pricing on the food we purchase. This means the kids we serve continue to receive the best nutrition possible for the money spent! Click here to learn more about our food solutions.
Match Your Mini:

Our fabulous partner Fabletics has dropped its annual "Mom & Me" collection featuring adorable matching sets and they're donating 100% of net proceeds, up to $25,000, to Blessings in a Backpack!

This vintage, sports-inspired collection will encourage you to get out, get active, or lounge around with your little one. All styles are made to match and range in sizes XXS-4X and 2T-XL.
Upcoming Events:

June 11
Frederick, Maryland

June 18
Frederick, Maryland

June 20
Mather, California

June 25
Louisville, Kentucky

Hosting a Blessings fundraiser or event in your community? Click here to tell us about it!
Core News:
"Children shouldn't spend the summer worrying about going hungry; they should be out playing in the sun."
When millions of children leave school for the summer, they will struggle
with access to meals during the week and on the weekends. And while hunger is a worldwide issue, it also happens in our local communities—right in our own backyards.

Starting May 23, at 10aET/7aPT, the Clarkson Law Firm, P.C., will match online donations, up to $25,000, made to Blessings in a Backpack in honor of World Hunger Day. Your gift will go twice as far in helping us provide bags full of ready-to-eat food for kids who might otherwise go hungry!
Keep an eye on your inbox Monday morning; we'll send you an email with more information. Until then, click here for ways to get involved in our World Hunger Day campaign, including corporate engagement activities and instructions on starting a Facebook fundraiser.

Good Apples:
Going Far to Provide Food in the Far North

In Sitka, Alaska — home of Blessings in a Backpack's northernmost program — one volunteer goes above and beyond to ensure local children have food to eat on the weekends.

Read more
www.blessingsinabackpack.org
Zurich Classic Packs Food Fore Kids

The Zurich Classic shows what can go right when we take a team approach — both on and off the golf course. More than 1,000 backpacks of ready-to-eat food were given to children in New Orleans.

Read more
www.blessingsinabackpack.org
How Sisters Are Giving Back To the Community

Cassady and Carmyn Greenwood are in their final season playing on the same college softball team. They wanted to do something special to celebrate, so they're selling t-shirts and donating the proceeds to Blessings in a Backpack.

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www.blessingsinabackpack.org
4th Annual 'Race to Feed Chicago' Feeds Local Kids

After a three-year pause during the height of the pandemic, Blessings in a Backpack's Chicago Associates Board brought its 'Race to Feed Chicago' event back in full force to pack 1,800 bags of food.

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Thank You to Our Donors:
Reflects giving from October 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021:
$100,000 and Up
Clarkson Law Firm, P.C.
$75,000 to $99,999
The Albertsons Companies Foundation
Anonymous
Community Foundation of Greater Rochester
Discover Financial Services
The Hankin Family Charitable Foundation

$50,000 to $74,999
Antares Capital
Delores Barr Weaver Legacy Fund
The Dale Jr. Foundation
Jim and Tabitha Furyk Foundation, Inc.
The Glass Charitable Foundation
Related Affordable Foundation
Universal Music Group

$25,000 to $49,999
Anonymous
ADP
Ausherman Family Foundation, Inc.
The Mark and Susan Butt Saturday Mornings Fund
The Christopher Family Foundation
Copperhead Charities
Epiroc
Florida Blue Foundation
Latin Women's Initiative
Deborah Lindsay
Meyer Oil Co.
The NASCAR Foundation
Nature's Path Food
The Oosthuizen Family Foundation
Palms Presbyterian Church
QVC, Inc.
RP Funding
The May Jeanne and Garland Slaughter Foundation
Swigert Foundation
The Matt and Fran Thornton Fund
Valspar Championship
Jocelyn H.K. Watkins

$15,000 to $24,999 
Bandujo Advertising & Design
Champions 4 Children, Inc.
Delaplaine Foundation, Inc.
Health Care Service Corporation
Huron Valley Optimist Club
KeHE Cares Foundation
Markel Corporation Matan Companies, LLLP
Matan Companies, LLLP
Meijer, Inc.
Nonna's Garden
The Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Foundation
Craig and Mary Schiefelbein
Perry and Ruby Stevens Charitable Foundation
Suncoast Credit Union Foundation
Team One
Jim and Evelyn Unger
United Way of Lee County
UPS-Jacksonville Employees
Wildly Fit LLC
Fred B. And Opal S. Woosley Foundation

$10,000 to $14,999 
Allied Products Corporation
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Bass Family Foundation
Break Thru, Inc.
Churchill Downs
The City of Frederick
Community Foundation of Kankakee River Valley
The Cottage Bridge Foundation
The Patricia Crown Family
Dream Builders of NH
ELMS Foundation – Merle and Stanley Goldstein
Emergent BioSolutions
Fiduciary Real Estate Development, Inc.
Galesburg Community Unit School District #205
Gap, Inc.
William G. Gilmore Foundation
The Daniel R. and Anne M. Harper Foundation, Inc.
Ubong E. Ituen
Jackson County Schneck Memorial Hospital Foundation
Barbara Kunci
LaGrange County Chamber of Commerce
James Lawson
Martin's Famous Pastry Shoppe, Inc.
The Oconomowoc Area Foundation
Oregon Community Credit Union
Donald and Patricia Parsons
George L. Shields Foundation, Inc.
Steve Stricker American Family
YMCA of Frederick County