Blessings in a Backpack is dedicated to closing the weekend hunger gap for the 13.8 million kids in America who struggle with food insecurity.
The Blessings in a Backpack Louisville chapter provided more than 233,000 weekend meals to more than 6,100 children during the 2023-2024 school year.
Organizations are working to continue regular food drop-offs, despite the neighborhood road conditions.
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The funds will support the chapter's annual efforts to provide weekend food assistance to 5,400 children from 41 local schools.
The program feeds kids on the weekend who qualify for the free and reduced lunch program.
The Louisville-based national organization, which makes sure kids have food over the weekend, needs a blessing of its own.
Program leaders said one in eight American children may be struggling with access to food.
A donation of $150 can feed a child for an entire school year.
KFC partnered with Blessings in a Backpack to help feed underserved Louisville kids.