For thousands of kids, summer is often the hungriest time of the year. Fortunately, there are resources for families who need extra help over the summer. Find out more, with links, here.

Today is the last day of school, but we aren't slowing down. Take a look back at the 2024-2025 school year and get ready for an amazing summer!

On May 31st we hosted our first ever Run To End Weekend Hunger, a Seattle 5K benefiting Backpack Brigade. The event exceeded our wildest expectations! Check out photos and hear about the impact this event had on the community today on the blog!

LGBTQA+ youth experience a higher rate of homelessness and subsequent food insecurity than their heterosexual, cisgendered peers. This Pride Month, we are talking about this terrible injustice and telling all the kids we serve: We Love You, Just the Way You Are!

The Adopt-a-School program is the latest way to support our mission to END weekend hunger. Learn more in today's post.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is under threat of drastic budget cuts. Act NOW to protect kids who receive this critical benefit!

Motherhood involves plenty of struggle and sacrifice, but social, racial, and economic circumstances can make those struggles that much harder. Backpack Brigade serves children, but we know that mothers benefit from our services, too. This Mother's Day week, we're thinking about the mothers who work hardest to care for their kids.

Protecting children from the stigma of homelessness is important, but how do we tell their stories so they don't become invisible?

We have so many events packed into the last two months of the school year. Don't miss out on the fun - mark your calendars now!

It's Volunteer Appreciation Week! Help us celebrate our dedicated team and learn more about opportunities to join us.

Welcome to the three newest members of Backpack Brigade's Board of Directors! Get to know them here.

Big economic policy changes are coming, and the potential impact on Washington's most vulnerable kids is huge.

Budget shortfalls and cost cutting are at the top of the headlines these days, but Washington can't afford cuts to anti-hunger programs.

With Eid al-Fitr coming up this weekend, we offer a peek into Backpack Brigade's Halal menu.

Women control more wealth than ever before. Today we chat with three female donors to discover their giving philosophies.

Here in Seattle, women are leading the fight to end hunger in our community. Today, we talk to two of the most influential.

We kick off Women's History Month with an examination of gender inequality and its effect on food insecurity.

Backpack Brigade and the Anti-Hunger & Nutrition Coalition went to Olympia for Hunger Action Day 2025, plus 5 ways you can help fight hunger

What does it mean to choose love in troubled times? For us, it's all about coming together as a community.

Black kids experience a disproportionately higher level of food insecurity. Here's what we're doing about it.