A New School Year Should Bring

As stores near you begin stocking rulers, calculators, and colored pencils, may you be

Give Kids Essential Food Supplies

Excitement, Not Hunger

reminded of the most important supply kids need—a full belly.

Many challenges—like increased food costs and the end of SNAP emergency allotments for families—were faced with

the passion and dedication of volunteers and supporters. We celebrate the work we accomplished together!

Read Our Impact Report

2022–2023 Impact Report

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America who might otherwise go hungry.

Who will feed the kids this weekend?

90,000 kids in Northeast Florida eat food at school during the week

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

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Local Give Back Opportunities

Consider the following ways to get involved with

First Coast Blessings in a Backpack.

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Organization determined to feed Clay County children on weekends.

This school year, we aim to provide more hunger-free weekends for kids struggling with food insecurity.

RF-SMART ransformed the traditional School Supply Drive into hundreds of Blessings for our kids! Thank you Katie Sims for leading the charge!

Our Partners

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

Our impact during the 2022/23 school year