Picnic in the Park Starts June 3
The Picnic in the Park Program provides nutrition for food-insecure children in the Boise area during the summer months, when the school lunch they depend on is unavailable. The program helps fill the nutritional gap so children can get the food they need.
FREE LUNCH is provided to ALL children, ages 1-18 – no exceptions, no income verification, and no identification asked.
Acceptance and participation requirements for the program and all activities are the same for all regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service.
Spring Cleaning
As you are cleaning your cupboards and closets, please consider donating what you don’t need at Kendall Ford’s Spring Cleaning food and clothing drive. Your clean pantry will support The Idaho Foodbank and a clean closet can support the WCA, books and videos will benefit local schools. Collection bins are set up at Kendall Ford in Meridian, through May 18th.
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
Our First International Pledge Drive
Peking to Paris Endurance Rally
The Idaho Foodbank is proud to be a beneficiary of the Fifth Peking to Paris Endurance Rally! We'll be following Idahoan Brian Shields and his daughter Chantel via satellite, cell phone transmissions and social media in their quest to navigate a 1965 Ford Mustang 7,610 miles across Inner Mongolia, the Gobi Desert, Outer Mongolia, Samara, Ukraine, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland and France to cross the finish line in Paris.
This is a real pledge drive for the Idaho Foodbank, and we invite you to get in on the action! The flag drops May 28 in Peking.
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