St. Luke’s service club helps build up Fairfield County nonprofits
Read more at TheHour.com. The timing was perfect. Filling in the Blanks needed a new desk and storage space, and Dean Ambrose wanted to...
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Deena Youngs on Filling the Void: For Connecticut’s Children, and Herself
How do you go from a career in fashion to making a living out of volunteering in schools? That’s only part of the story of Deena Youngs’...
Meet the Young People Fighting Childhood Hunger
In the spirit of International Youth Day, we recognize and celebrate all of the young people who have helped us in our mission to put...
The Summer Pivot at Filling in the Blanks
Summer is here! While many are enjoying a well-deserved vacation, we’ve been working hard to adapt to the unique challenges of...
2021 at Filling in the Blanks - What We’ve Been Up To So Far
We are officially halfway through 2021! Although we wish it wasn’t, 2020 was our biggest year yet due to the economic impact of...
Meet the Fathers of Filling in the Blanks
Over the last year, as the world fought through and began recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, many families suffered from financial...
Meet Our Founders — The Mothers Fighting Childhood Hunger
This year, in honor of Mother’s Day, we are spotlighting our founders, Shawnee Knight and Tina Kramer. Since 2013, the pair has been...
Teachers’ Vital Role in Fighting Child Hunger
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week and to celebrate we are spotlighting teachers who have helped make our Weekend Meal Program possible!...
Why Our Volunteers are Fighting the Hunger Pandemic
It’s volunteer recognition week and we’re celebrating our beloved volunteers who play such an important role in the Filling in the Blanks...
How We Adapted to the Challenges of COVID-19
This time last year, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in the U.S. and Filling in the Blanks held our first emergency food drive. We...
Women, Especially Moms, Need Your Support Right Now
Today on International Women's Day, let’s remember that women, especially moms need our support right now. Due to the pandemic, 2.3M...
Weekend Meals (with a side of encouragement)
When you were a kid, your mom probably left little love notes in your lunch box to brighten your day. At Filling in the Blanks, we try to...
Why Childhood Nutrition Matters
Food is a basic need for growth and development, especially in young children, and providing them with essential nutrition improves not...
Greenwich United Way awards grant to pay for summer meals for kids
The Board of Education recently approved a $25,800 grant from the United Way to its Food Service Program to mitigate COVID-related food cost
Filling in the Blanks Announces Partnership with Datto’s Charity Committee and LatinX Employee Resou
Filling in the Blanks (FITB), a non-profit dedicated to fighting childhood hunger by providing children in need with meals on the weekends,
FITB services families in Norwalk + Stamford and has even partnered up with a local pizzeria.
NORWALK, CT — At the beginning of the year, Tina Kramer and Shawnee Knight were servicing about 2,000 kids through Filling in the Blanks,...
John Breunig: A band of CT moms comes to the rescue of hungry children during COVID
Once upon a time, in the summer of 2020, a band of rogue moms in Stamford did as much as anyone to vanquish the widest wealth gap in...
Pizza for a Good Cause: Letizia’s Pizza Creates Specialty Pies for Two Local Charities
Buy a limited run pizza in September – October and 100% of those sales benefit Filling the Blanks and Making Strides of Fairfield County
Greenwich COVID-19 Community Relief Fund Issues Grants to Children’s Day School, FITB
The Greenwich United Way’s Greenwich COVID-19 Community Relief Fund issued new grants to Children’s Day School and Liberation Programs and s
FITB on CBS NY
Norwalk, Conn.-Based Nonprofit Providing Meals For Kids Facing Food Insecurity Has Huge Demand, But Needs Assistance - Coronavirus
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