June 12, 2024 - City of Fort Wayne officials today joined Blessings in a Backpack Fort Wayne at the Pontiac Street Market to announce the “Triple Impact Program” in partnership with Parkview and The Chapel.
This pilot program will allow Blessings in a Backpack to put donated dollars back into the community to help reduce the food desert in south Fort Wayne, while feeding 1,175 at risk children every weekend and encouraging community engagement.
Blessings hopes to bring on community partners both for funding as well as volunteer commitments in packing the weekend bags for children. The Chapel has committed to packing 800 bags for Adams and Fairfield elementary schools, Canterbury High School will be packing 375 bags, totaling 1,175 students that will benefit from the new programming.