The Idaho Foodbank is celebrating National Nutrition Month with a special campaign to raise the awareness and funds necessary to feed Idaho’s hungry during the lean spring months. The “Million Meals in March” campaign, a statewide effort with a goal of collecting the food and funds for 1,000,000 meals in the month. The Foodbank distributes […]
The Idaho Foodbank announced today that KJ’s Super Stores, a gas, car wash and convenience store chain with locations in Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, and Utah donated a check for $40,000. The gift was the result of an in-store campaign during which store associates encouraged customers to “give a little extra” to provide hunger relief to […]
For the second consecutive year, Stinker Stores are celebrating a record-breaking effort in their annual “Stomp Out Hunger” campaign. This year, from November 3-13, customers of Stinker Stores all over the state were encouraged to add donations on their final totals at the register. Stinker Stores officials tabulated those donations and they’ve informed The Idaho […]
Albertsons employees and customers worked together to raise funds this month to help solve hunger in Idaho, and on Thursday, Albertsons came to The Idaho Foodbank with a truck filled with 2,616 full turkey dinners for the families who need them most. As part of the “Turkey Bucks” campaign, shoppers at Albertsons all over the state […]
With just 10 days until Thanksgiving, Micron employees have once again stepped forward with a way to help solve hunger in Idaho. The employees are continuing a 16-year tradition with generous donations of turkeys and hams for holiday meals. Micron provides employees an annual holiday gift (a choice of a ham or turkey) in appreciation […]
Today, Smithfield Foods’ Helping Hungry Homes® initiative, a program focused on alleviating hunger and helping Americans become more food secure, joined forces with Albertsons to donate nearly 40,000 pounds of protein to The Idaho Foodbank. The donation, equivalent to nearly 160,000 servings, will help those fighting hunger in Idaho, where one in seven individuals is […]
