Drop Your Food Donations Here

Here is a list of our year-round drop sites for any non-perishable food donations.
Thank you for helping our Idaho families.

• Boise Co-Op - 888 W. Fort St…Boise

• Video Memories - 4504 Overland Rd…Boise

• YMCA -1050 W. State St…Boise

• All Idaho Youth Ranch locations in Boise, Meridian, Nampa and Caldwell

Picnic in the Park

The Idaho Foodbank has teamed up with Boise School Food & Nutrition Services by preparing meals for distribution to sites throughout the city of Boise. The Idaho Foodbank will serve free at various locations.

During the months of June and July, free summer meals are offered at locations throughout the Boise area. Monday through Friday, June 9 through July 31, 2009.

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Letter Carriers Food Drive Nets 218,139 Pounds The economy may be down, but the generosity was up. The preliminary results from the Letter Carriers Food Drive on Saturday, May 9, show an increase of 10,000 pounds over last year.

Though a few food barrels remain to be picked up, the total today stands at 218,139 pounds. This compares well with the 207,976 pounds donated last year and the 199,649 pounds in 2007. It appears that once every last pound is weighed in, this year’s total will exceed the 218,320 pounds collected in 2006.   MORE ►

Child Hunger Study: Idaho 27th Worst Overall, 10th Worst for Young Children A new study has found that 16.6% (68,803) of Idaho’s children are at risk of hunger. This ranks Idaho as the 27th worst state for childhood food insecurity.

 The study also found that Idaho is the 10th worst state for children under age five. Overall, this is an improvement from the previous study, which ranked Idaho 6th worst for childhood food insecurity. However, this is the first time the hunger data for children under five has been analyzed so no comparison to previous years is possible.  MORE ►