Blessings in a Backpack - Huron Valley

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Blessings in a Backpack - Huron Valley Blessings in a Backpack - Huron Valley provides food insecure students with weekend easy-to-prepare food. All donors will be acknowledged in print and/or media.

We serve students in Milford, Highland, White Lake, and Commerce townships. We are grateful to be sponsored by the Huron Valley Optimist Club. As hard as this is to believe, there are 3,000 children in your community who may go without food from Friday afternoon until Monday morning. This is a unique opportunity for you to rescue these children. Blessings in a Backpack, a non-profit 501 (c) (3), will be able to feed one child every weekend for an entire school year for your donation of $175, and for each additional $175 another child is fed. Volunteers perform all the work that needs to be done. 100% of your donation goes to a hungry child or children. Because hunger doesn’t take a break on the weekend, these children depend on Blessings in a Backpack and we in turn depend on donations. It has been said, “Character is how you treat those who can do nothing for you”. And I believe that, but I also believe that charitable works should be acknowledged. This program in Huron Valley Schools is sponsored by the Huron Valley Optimist Club.

10/12/2026

❤️ MEMORY LANE MONDAY!

Let’s take a trip back to childhood!

It’s 4:30 PM. You’ve just walked through the door after school, dropped your backpack, and headed straight for the kitchen.

Your go-to snack was __________.

Huron Valley Optimist Club is hosting AutumnFest this Saturday with our friends at Ruggles Ranch & Farm Markets. Join us...
10/06/2026

Huron Valley Optimist Club is hosting AutumnFest this Saturday with our friends at Ruggles Ranch & Farm Markets.

Join us for this family friendly event from Noon - 4pm!

What an incredible night Saturday! A huge thank you to River's Edge Brewing Co. and Ryan for including Blessings in a Ba...
10/05/2026

What an incredible night Saturday!

A huge thank you to River's Edge Brewing Co. and Ryan for including Blessings in a Backpack – Huron Valley in the Birthday Bash, and to Porch for putting on such a fun show!

Most of all, we’re so grateful for this amazing community that came out, had a great time, and supported local kids. Every dollar raised and food items collected helps us continue bridging the weekend hunger gap for children right here in Huron Valley.

We are so honored to be the featured nonprofit for The Feelgood Tap at River's Edge Brewing Co. this October!Throughout ...
10/01/2026

We are so honored to be the featured nonprofit for The Feelgood Tap at River's Edge Brewing Co. this October!

Throughout the entire month, $1 from every glass of Rivers and Roads sold will benefit Blessings in a Backpack – Huron Valley!

We are incredibly grateful to Rivers Edge Brewing Co. for choosing our program for this month’s Feelgood Tap and helping us raise both funds and awareness for weekend hunger right here in Huron Valley.

Drink local. Give local. Help feed local kids.

We are so honored that Ryan is sharing his Birthday Bash with Blessings in a Backpack – Huron Valley next weekend at Riv...
09/27/2026

We are so honored that Ryan is sharing his Birthday Bash with Blessings in a Backpack – Huron Valley next weekend at River's Edge Brewing Co.

We’ll be there to share how we’re helping bridge the weekend hunger gap for local children, answer your questions, and connect with our amazing community!

Come celebrate and listen to some amazing music, we hope to see you there!

It’s Blessings Friday! ❤️These bins are filled with food and heading home with Huron Valley students this weekend.For ju...
09/25/2026

It’s Blessings Friday! ❤️

These bins are filled with food and heading home with Huron Valley students this weekend.

For just $15 a month, you can help provide weekend food for one local child throughout the school year.

Consider becoming a monthly donor today. A small monthly gift can make a BIG difference for a child right here in our community.

https://giving.blessingsinabackpack.org/organizations/huron-valley

What an incredible weekend for Blessings! ❤️ From celebrating our community’s amazing support to seeing that generosity ...
09/21/2026

What an incredible weekend for Blessings! ❤️ From celebrating our community’s amazing support to seeing that generosity make its way directly to Huron Valley kids—this is what it’s all about!

Want to help us plan what’s next? Join us tomorrow at 5:30 PM at the Oak Valley Center for our Annual Planning Session. Everyone is welcome and all ideas are welcome!

Snap Fitness

Our Annual Planning Session will be take place this Tuesday, Sept 22 from 5:30-8pm.This session is our opportunity to re...
09/18/2026

Our Annual Planning Session will be take place this Tuesday, Sept 22 from 5:30-8pm.

This session is our opportunity to reflect on this last year, brainstorm, set BIG goals and put a plan together for the ‘26-‘27 school year.

This is a productive, interactive session. Please bring your ideas to help us improve repeat events or implement something new.

If you can’t attend the whole session, join us for what you can.

Tent sale! Come shop, score some great finds, and help feed local kids! Proceeds from the tent sale will benefit Blessin...
09/16/2026

Tent sale! Come shop, score some great finds, and help feed local kids! Proceeds from the tent sale will benefit Blessings in a Backpack - Huron Valley, helping provide weekend meals to students right here in our community.

This weekend Friday and Saturday 9-4pm

816 E Huron St
Milford, MI 48381

09/10/2026

🏆 THE RESULTS YOU’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR ARE IN! 🏆

What a finish to our first Flex Your Muscles, Feed a Child Food Drive!

For nearly the entire month, Powerhouse Gym Milford led the charge. Their members showed up BIG, set the bar from the very beginning, and created the momentum that pushed this entire competition to another level.

And then came the final push…

When we arrived at Snap Fitness Highland to collect their final donations, we were absolutely BLOWN AWAY. In an incredible last-minute surge, their members rallied their community and pulled off the comeback!

🏆 Congratulations to our 2026 Flex Your Muscles, Feed a Child champions — SNAP FITNESS HIGHLAND! 🏆

But the biggest win isn't the trophy.

Together, our participating gyms collected OVER 17,000 individually packaged food items!

That is enough food to provide weekend meals for ALL 550 students in our Blessings program for an ENTIRE MONTH.

One food drive. One month. 550 local kids fed for an entire month.

To Powerhouse Gym of Milford — thank you for driving this competition from the very beginning. You set the pace, raised the bar, and challenged everyone else to step up.

To Snap Fitness Highland — what an unbelievable finish! We can't wait to officially present you with the trophy!

And to every participating gym, every member, and every single person who donated — this accomplishment belongs to all of you.

17,000+ items.
550 students.
ONE MONTH of weekend food.

This is what happens when a community comes together for its kids.

You flexed your muscles. You fed a child. And you absolutely crushed it.

CrossFit Fate
Carls Family YMCA
Bell's Gym
Functional Strength Training/FunStrength Gym
STS Athletic Complex
Iron Pride Gym
Anytime Fitness White Lake

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