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?

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.

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

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

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

Learn more about Whole Child Wellness and join us for an educational luncheon on February 28th featuring Dr. Benjamin Danielson.

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.

We've got a big growth goal this year, and with the help of our community, we are going to achieve it!

Happy New Year! We have big plans for this year, and we invite you to join us in our fight to END weekend hunger for kids in King County.

Our weekend hunger bags always include a little holiday magic.

We are so grateful for everyone who has made 2024 so successful!

It's terrifying to run out of candy on Halloween, but it's a nightmare to run out of food. Donate to the Halloween Giving Campaign!

Meet our newest Board Members, Matt Camrud and Loretta Douglas.