This year, Gerent launched a very special back-to-school giving campaign. While school supplies are always needed for children returning for the year, we know that 13 million children (one in six American children) are experiencing food insecurity and poor nutrition can result in a weaker immune system, increased hospitalization, lower IQ, shorter attention spans, and lower academic achievement.
With this in mind, we partnered with Blessings in a Backpack and invited Brent Glass, Director of Individual Giving to speak at our Q3 Town Hall to share their important mission.
Blessings in a Backpack is an outstanding non-profit organization that provides elementary school children — who may be at risk of going hungry — with nutritious food on the weekends.
Last year, the organization provided children at over 1,090 schools across 46 U.S. states with 2.2 million bags of ready-to-eat food!
Thanks to the Gerent family and a company match, we were able to provide 732 hunger-free weekends for food-insecure children.
Additionally, we encouraged our team and their families to get involved and offered remote VTO opportunities to write positive notecards to accompany the food provided to the children.
