Hilary Duff To Bring “Blessings In A Backpack” to NASCAR Event
On June 13th, Hilary Duff will serve as grand marshal for the NASCAR Nationwide Series Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway, to raise support for USA Harvest’s “Blessings In A Backpack” program.
Blessings In A Backpack does a pretty awesome thing: provides weekend nourishment to public school children in need by sending them home on Fridays with backpacks filled with enough food for six meals. The result? They return to school on Monday, nourished and ready to learn alongside their classmates, increasing the potential for educational success. The program started with a mere three elementary schools in Kentucky; today it serves over 50 schools across the nation, and has now extended into Canada. Woo-hoo!
Through her work with USA Harvest, Duff donated two million meals to Hurricane Katrina relief. This special gal is also involved in a variety of other philanthropic causes, including Kids With a Cause, which supports kids experiencing poverty, neglect, abuse, and other challenges; the Armed Forces Foundation which works with military families, and Return To Freedom, a group dedicated to preserving the freedom, diversity, and habitat of America’s wild horses.
Duff with a student from Roberto Clemente Elementary in NYC
On June 13th, Duff and 24 Gallatin County students will participate in fun pre-race activities at the NASCAR event, before delivering the command for 43 drivers to start their engines. First place finishers? The kids, of course!
