BACKPACK 
BLESSINGS

Backpack Blessings, Inc. is a Christian organization serving God in eastern North Carolina by feeding children who suffer from food insecurity in their homes. We are a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization, formed in December 2012 and have been providing supplemental food for families since August of 2013. We partner with area churches and businesses to provide supplemental food for students in Craven, Jones and Pamlico Counties. Our goal is to stand in the gap between kids and hunger whenever they are away from the safety net of the Child Nutrition Programs in their schools.

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Backpack Blessings provides a weekend “snack bag” of individually wrapped, kid-friendly foods (2 proteins, 2 breakfast items, two fruits and 4 snacks) for at-risk kids to take home with them on the weekends. We currently serve every elementary and middle school in three counties, providing about 950 students with these weekend food bags each week. Backpack Blessings also provides monthly food boxes for our Backpack Blessings families in the summer, and a holiday meal box when the children are out of school for Christmas break.