Buy a Meal - Give a Meal - Old Chicaco Pizza in Boise - Thursday, May 23rd

Mention The Idaho Foodbank Thursday May 23rd and for each entrée purchased, Old Chicago will donate $1.00 to fund a child's summer meal. Nearly one in five children in Ada County is at risk of hunger every day – some 19,000 children in Ada County lack access to the food they need to learn and grow. Old Chicago is located at the Boise Mall at 350 Milwaukee and in downtown Boise at 730 W. Idaho Street.

Peking to Paris Endurance Rally - May 28

In our first international pledge drive, The Idaho Foodbank is proud to be a beneficiary of the Fifth Peking to Paris Endurance Rally! Idahoan Brian Shields and his daughter Chantel are racing a 1965 Ford Mustang 7,610 miles from Beijing (Peking) to Paris across Inner Mongolia, the Gobi Desert, Outer Mongolia, Samara, Ukraine, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland and France. The race starts May 28 - make a pledge to follow and support team Shields for The Idaho Foodbank.

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Hope in Motion - Open House & Fundraiser in the Warehouse! Friday June 14 5 p.m.- 9 p.m.

The Idaho Foodbank warehouse is in constant motion, moving over 1 MILLION pounds of food in and out of our warehouse to our partners every month. Join us for a special open house and fundraiser at our Boise warehouse where we'll highlight our programs and warehouse operations. We will be featuring great food, a mini-putt golf course, special surprise-themed trailers filled with exciting entertainment, music, raffles, prizes and opportunities for you to learn how you can support The Idaho Foodbank.

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Want to hold a food drive?

An easy and fun way you can help is to hold a food drive.  Food drives not only help provided much-needed items such as soups, meals, pastas, and other shelf stable food items, but provide an easy way for everyone in our community to get involved in hunger relief.

Hold a food drive today and help make a positive impact in your community. Hold a Drive Now

What’s a virtual food drive?

A Virtual Food Drive is a great alternative or addition to a traditional “physical” food drive. Virtual Food drives are hosted on our website and enable a way for your work, business, organization or neighborhood to host a customized food drive online. 

Folks can simply choose a food drive in progress, select the items they would like to donate, check out and their done.  Funds raised will automatically calculate into the total of that drive. So if you are into competition, this is a great way to challenge your co-workers, teams, other businesses, or just see how well your organization can do.   Get started

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