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Save the Date – 8th Annual Souper Bowl is February 6, 2025
Featured, Local Stories November 20, 2024

Save the Date – 8th Annual Souper Bowl is February 6, 2025

Join us on Thursday, February 6, 2025, for the Eighth Annual SOUPer Bowl—a night where we taste our region’s best chefs and their soup while raising money to feed hungry
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Red Robin Is Feeding Kids On the Weekends
Featured, Local Stories, Partners October 3, 2024

Red Robin Is Feeding Kids On the Weekends

Red Robin is partnering with Blessings in a Backpack to help improve the lives of hungry kids. Guests have the opportunity to donate to Blessings in a Backpack right from
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2023-2024 Impact Report
Local Stories, Trending July 29, 2024

2023-2024 Impact Report

This past school year, we provided 165,200 hunger-free weekends for kids in Clay, Duval, Nassau, and St. Johns counties.
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Moving Around in our Community
Featured, Local Stories, Uncategorized May 20, 2024

Moving Around in our Community

Local Fare Jax and UPS demonstrate their ongoing commitment to the Blessings in a Backpack First Coast Chapter.
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Safety Patrol students at Woodland Acres help with Blessings program
Featured, Local Stories May 20, 2024

Safety Patrol students at Woodland Acres help with Blessings program

Woodland Acres Elementary School's dedicated fifth-grade safety patrol ensures that 300 Blessings food bags are distributed every Friday, bringing smiles and joy to their fellow students.
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UF college students help Clay County school
Local Stories, Trending April 9, 2024

UF college students help Clay County school

College students from the University of Florida's National Association of Black Accountants, led by Jasmine Crockett, secured a donation from Crowe LLP to provide extra food bags and handwritten notes
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8th Annual Souper Bowl raised over $42,000 for children of First Coast
Featured, Local Stories, Trending March 26, 2024

8th Annual Souper Bowl raised over $42,000 for children of First Coast

The 8th Annual Souper Bowl raised over $42,000 to feed hungry kids in our community. Held at beautiful Bowing Oaks in Jacksonville, Florida, the event featured soup tasting, live music,
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Swinging into Action: Nemours Children’s Health and The Furyk Foundation Drive Childhood Food Security at THE PLAYERS Championship
Featured, Local Stories, Trending March 26, 2024

Swinging into Action: Nemours Children’s Health and The Furyk Foundation Drive Childhood Food Security at THE PLAYERS Championship

Nemours Children's Health and the Jim & Tabitha Furyk Foundation, along with Blessings in a Backpack, came together for a second year to address childhood food insecurity during THE PLAYERS
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My Cause, My Cleats supports Blessings in a Backpack
Featured, Local Stories December 1, 2023

My Cause, My Cleats supports Blessings in a Backpack

Tune in on Monday, Dec. 4 for the Jaguars vs. Bengals game to see Darious Williams sport Blessings branded cleats.
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Nemours Children’s Health and Jim & Tabitha Furyk Foundation Partner to Make this School Year Hunger-Free for First Coast Kids
Featured, Local Stories October 11, 2023

Nemours Children’s Health and Jim & Tabitha Furyk Foundation Partner to Make this School Year Hunger-Free for First Coast Kids

Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville and the Jim & Tabitha Furyk Foundation have partnered to make a donation that clears a years-long waiting list at existing Blessings in a Backpack schools
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