![Atlantic Beach Youth Council’s Blessings in a Backpack wins state honor](https://firstcoast.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/05/Screen-Shot-2021-05-14-at-4.42.58-PM.jpg)
Atlantic Beach Youth Council’s Blessings in a Backpack wins state honor
“This project made me realize that you never know someone’s struggles but showed how much of an impact we can make as a group when we put our minds to![A new Blessings First Coast Pilot Program Designed to Enhance, Introduce, and Reduce](https://firstcoast.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/03/IMG_2614-scaled.jpg)
A new Blessings First Coast Pilot Program Designed to Enhance, Introduce, and Reduce
The "Fresh Companion" pilot program, launched by Nease Senior High School students in January, will plant, grow, and bring to fruition to First Coast kids!![No Kid Hungry Gives $100,000 to Blessings in a Backpack for COVID-19 Response](https://firstcoast.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2020/11/Untitled-design116.jpg)
No Kid Hungry Gives $100,000 to Blessings in a Backpack for COVID-19 Response
In April, No Kid Hungry made a generous donation of $100,000, which was used to provide 25,000 bags of food for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year to three![Teens help First Coast Chapter feed children](https://firstcoast.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2020/06/20200624-150033-Maya-Abbold-2.jpeg)
Teens help First Coast Chapter feed children
The team of Nease High School students has been providing 200 healthy weekend meal packs for elementary school students at risk of hunger each week for 36 weeks during the![TaxSlayer Gator Bowl Teams Pack Bags of Weekend Food for Local Kids](https://firstcoast.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2020/01/81133431_2786360751407853_2855687535651192832_n.jpg)
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl Teams Pack Bags of Weekend Food for Local Kids
Before taking to the gridiron in TaxSlayer Gator Bowl the Indiana Hoosiers and Tennessee Volunteers teamed up with Blessings in a Backpack to feed kids in Florida’s First Coast.![8th Annual “Hope for the Holidays” Packs 4,000 Bags of Food](https://firstcoast.blessingsinabackpack.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2020/01/IMG_7595.jpg)