PARTICIPATING COMMUNITIES

Can Your School District Benefit From This Program?
Blessings in a Backpack – Michigan is willing to assist any individual, company or organization implement a Blessings in a Backpack program for their community.  We have overseen a successful pilot program, phased in schools, partnered with an entire school district and worked with companies that adopted a school.  We can work with your community and school district personnel to provide a future for your “at risk” school-age children.  Please contact us and we will be happy to assist you.

WHERE IT CURRENTLY OPERATES IN MICHIGAN

MICHIGAN PROGRAM

  • Avondale – 7 Schools (Auburn Hills and portions of Rochester Hills, Troy and Bloomfield Township)
  • Brighton – 4 Schools
  • Carman Ainsworth – 1 school (Flint Township and portions of Mundy Township, Burton and Flint)
  • Clarkston – 12 Schools
  • Feed the Shores – 2 Schools  (St. Clair Shores)
  • Holly – 5 Schools
  • Mount Clemens – 3 Schools
  • Northville – 4 Schools
  • Oxford – 7 Schools
  • Rochester and Rochester Hills in cooperation with the Rochester Community Schools – 6 Schools
  • Romeo – 1 School
  • Royal Oak – 9 Schools
  • Southfield – 1 School
  • Taylor – 1 School
  • Troy – 1 School
  • Utica – 5 Schools
  • Warren in cooperation with the Warren Consolidated Schools – 12 Schools
  • Waterford – 2 School
  • Wayne Westland – 1 School (Westland, Wayne and portions of Canton Township, Dearborn Heights, Garden City, Inkster and Romulus)
  • West Bloomfield / Keego Harbor in cooperation with the West Bloomfield School District – 8 Schools
  • Wyandotte – 5 Schools

PROGRAMS UNDER NATIONAL DIRECTION WITHIN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN

  • Cadillac
  • Center Line
  • Dearborn
  • Ferndale
  • Grand Ledge
  • Lake Orion
  • Leelanau
  • Livonia
  • Manistee
  • South Haven
  • South Lyon
  • Traverse City

Currently, the Blessings in a Backpack program is operating in forty-six states.

If you are interested in starting a program in another state, please follow this link to the National Blessings in a Backpack website.