Breakfast and lunch will be served together in a single bag. The meals are free for anyone 18 years of age and under. Each child must be present at the pick-up location to receive a “Grab & Go” bag. The meals will be available for pick-up between 9:00 am and 11:00 am at the following schools. Lee County Meal Pick Up Sites East Zone Gateway Elementary Lehigh Acres Elementary Manatee Elementary Mirror Lakes Elementary Orange…

Blessings in a Backpack SWFL COVID-19 Response Effort In these uncertain times, we want to reach out to you about what we are doing here at Blessings in a Backpack to support the children in our programs. As the situation around the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, we are doing everything we can to address conditions as they arise. Who will feed the kids while the schools are closed? There is no one-size-fits-all solution; options…

Students at Golden Gate Elementary School will be the beneficiaries of generous hearts as employees of Premiere Plus Realty in Naples and Movement Mortgage partner to pack 500 meals for the children as part of a strategic corporate program offered by Blessings in a Backpack SWFL. As part of their Premiere Plus Realty Cares program supporting local charities, the two businesses paid for the meals and approximately 60 employees wearing PPR shirts, will join together…

Paper. Pencils. A ruler. Food probably isn’t what comes next on anybody’s list, but Blessings in a Backpack SWFL is out to change that. The organization that feeds hungry children on the weekends is proclaiming food as the most essential school supply. “Children can’t do much in the classroom without food to fuel them,” said Cecilia St. Arnold, executive director of Blessings in a Backpack SWFL. “We’re getting the whole community behind us to give…

Southwest Florida is rallying to feed hungry children. Blessings in a Backpack SWFL this year served more children than all but one other local chapter of the nationwide nonprofit organization that serves 87,300 children in nearly 1,092 schools across 45 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. The Southwest Florida program gave more than 4,300 elementary school students in Lee and Collier counties nutritious, kid-friendly meals to take home on the weekends, a time frame…

Blessings in a Backpack and Champions 4 Children are partnering to feed underprivileged children in Southwest Florida and show them they can overcome difficulty to become champions in life. Nearly two dozen sports champions will deliver messages of hope, determination and inspiration to the children, who’ll receive a free breakfast and also get to meet Tony the Tiger of Frosted Flakes fame. Cheerleaders from Cypress Lake High School will be on hand to help introduce…

Blessings in a Backpack SWFL recently received three generous donations from area organizations that will go toward feeding Lee County children next school year. The Bobby Nichols Charity Foundation at Fiddlesticks presented Blessings Executive Director Cecilia St. Arnold with a check for $127,000. The money will help feed over 1,200 students at Colonial Elementary School and James Stephens Academy. The League Club Inc. presented St. Arnold with a check for $15,000 that will be used…