![AICVB Helps Kids at Hilliard Elementary](https://firstcoast.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2023/02/7EC3BDEC-DB4B-46E5-B7EC-D49749A0646B-scaled.jpeg)
AICVB Helps Kids at Hilliard Elementary
The Amelia Island Convention & Visitors Bureau, in partnership with the Amelia Island Tourist Development Council, the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl and the First Coast Blessings in a Backpack joined together![Notre Dame Players Fill Backpacks With Food for Children Ahead of Gator Bowl](https://firstcoast.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2023/01/322731844_2383512411802324_6204894226654583975_n.jpg)
Notre Dame Players Fill Backpacks With Food for Children Ahead of Gator Bowl
Ahead of the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, the Fighting Irish football team helped fight weekend hunger for hundreds of children in Northeast Florida living with food insecurity.![Gamecock Football Team Gives Back to First Coast Kids Ahead of Gator Bowl](https://firstcoast.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2023/01/324024210_1235443807066837_4837364230576012827_n.jpg)
Gamecock Football Team Gives Back to First Coast Kids Ahead of Gator Bowl
Leading up to the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, the South Carolina football team scored 500 hunger-free weekends for First Coast kids. The event will help hundreds of local children living with![Gamecock football team gives back to kids in need ahead of Gator Bowl](https://firstcoast.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/09/D93A75A1-D315-415A-906E-705EA9EB307C_1_201_a-1.jpeg)
Gamecock football team gives back to kids in need ahead of Gator Bowl
The South Carolina Gamecocks joined Blessings in a Backpack to provide meals for kids across the First Coast.![Early Christmas present: Furyk & Friends earns top award from PGA Tour Champions](https://firstcoast.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/12/Image-4.jpeg)
Early Christmas present: Furyk & Friends earns top award from PGA Tour Champions
The tournament gets good news less than 24 hours before its annual Hope for the Holidays event, in which volunteers pack 5,000 food bags for First Coast nonprofit partners, including![Giving Tuesday Recap: Thank You for Feeding First Coast Kids](https://firstcoast.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/12/Blessings-Note.jpg)
Giving Tuesday Recap: Thank You for Feeding First Coast Kids
A big, heartfelt THANK YOU to all who supported Blessings in a Backpack First Coast Chapter on Giving Tuesday. Thank you for donating, sharing our mission, and caring for our![Together We Give: Giving Tuesday 2022](https://firstcoast.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-09-at-12.42.51-PM.jpg)
Together We Give: Giving Tuesday 2022
Giving Tuesday is November 29, 2022. This year, Blessings hopes to feed an additional 75 children every weekend of the school year. Raising at least $10,000 on Giving Tuesday will![Please Consider First Coast Blessings for Your Year-End Giving](https://firstcoast.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/09/Untitled-design90-300x300-1.jpg)
Please Consider First Coast Blessings for Your Year-End Giving
This year, you can deduct $300 from your taxes whether or not you itemize deductions.![Nemours Children’s Health Team packs 1,000 meal bags for area kids](https://firstcoast.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/10/Nemours-Blessings-Packing-Event.jpg)
Nemours Children’s Health Team packs 1,000 meal bags for area kids
On Monday, October 10, the Nemours Children’s Health Team packed 1,000 weekend nutrition bags for First Coast Kids at risk of hunger.![Gator Bowl Sizzle](https://firstcoast.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-05-at-3.30.05-PM-scaled.jpg)