The second Saturday in May is the largest one-day food drive in the nation. So it is appropriately named Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Day. How is it possible? It occurs in more than 10,000 cities and towns, and the food is collected by those men and women carrying our mail across the country. As they deliver to postal customers, those customers get to do their part by filling their mailbag with non-perishable food donations.

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Stop by the Old Town Pavilion for food, fun, and a chance to meet the wonderful nonprofits in Pocatello! A free barbeque lunch will be provided to all who donate on Idaho Gives

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Idaho Gives – a program of the Idaho Nonprofit Center and powered by ICCU – is designed to bring the state together, raising money and awareness for Idaho nonprofits. Due to the increased need of support to the nonprofit sector because of COVID-19 the online giving period has been extended! Donations can be collected from May 2 - May 5. Every $1 you give to The Idaho Foodbank can provide food for 4 nutritious meals for Idahoans trying to make ends meet.

Rising prices in housing, food, and other household items, as well as the availability of affordable child care, will all factor into the success of our neighbors.
We recognize that “rent eats first”. People must keep a roof over their heads and have basic needs met. Access to free food can help make that possible.

This Idaho Gives, will you help ensure that all members of our strong Idaho community know where their next meal is coming from? Please consider giving to The Idaho Foodbank as well as other amazing nonprofits across our state.

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Mountain America Credit Union is teaming up ISU Athletics to give back to the community by not only raising funds but also volunteering their time and energy.

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Now in its ninth year, the Fight Hunger – Spark Change campaign has been a way for Walmart and Sam’s Club to partner with suppliers, customers and members to help provide food to people in need.

To date, the campaign has helped to secure more than 1.5 billion meals* for local Feeding America® food banks.

There are three main ways for customers to support the campaign:​

There are three easy ways to support neighbors in need.

- For every participating product purchased in store or online at Walmart.com or SamsClub.com, the supplier will donate the monetary equivalent of at least one meal ($0.10) on behalf of a Feeding America member food bank at Walmart and five meals ($0.50) at Sam’s Club, up to applicable limits. See specially marked packages for full details.

- Donate at check-out in stores or clubs or round up at Walmart.com.

- Donate at Feeding America’s Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign donation site at either www.FeedingAmerica.org/Walmart or www.FeedingAmerica.org/SamsClub.

• Product Purchase: Each participating item purchased in-store and online at Walmart will generate 1 meal ($0.10). ​​There are 24 suppliers participating at Walmart and 8 suppliers participating at Sam's Club.

• Register Giving: Customers will have the option to give at check-out in Walmart, Neighborhood Market stores, Sam's Club and online at Walmart.com and the Walmart app. Either a round-up or an outright donation.

• Online Donation Page: ​Customers can give online through an online donation page.

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Our philanthropy week is about fundraising for the Kindly Hearts Campaign which focuses on service and fundraising to support our communities in some of the areas most directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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CCI Speer employees want to show their kindness to raise funds to support the Idaho Foodbank in Lewiston. They will host a fund drive in March/April to support the Idaho Kind campaign and help us raise one million meals in March. They will have on-site events to promote giving and The Idaho Foodbank will provide volunteer events during this campaign.

Close the Loop 360 Vodka and The Idaho Foodbank are teaming up to replenish the idaho Foodbank pantry. Want to do your part? Here's how: Enjoy the world's most environmentally friendly vodka – when you're finished, return the swing top to 360 vodka (free of charge) For every swing top returned $1 goes to support The Idaho Foodbank.

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Idaho Kind is a movement where good intentions and action collide, a time when one act of kindness can have a ripple effect.

Launching on March 1st and running through the end of the month, The Idaho Foodbank and its partners across the state encourage the community to share kindness. Kindness is choosing to do something that helps  others, motivated by genuine warm feelings.  Researchers have found that people who are kind or regularly engage in acts of kindness tend to have higher well-being.

The goal of this campaign is to raise the food and funds for 2 million meals in March and to show 1,000 acts of kindness. We encourage individuals to engage in their communities by giving monetarily and/or making an act of kindness such as volunteering or publicly supporting hunger relief and thus their neighbors. We invite corporations to participate by joining our Idaho Kind Corporate Challenge.

Acts of kindness are not limited to The Foodbank, we want kindness to be felt everywhere and know that every act is contagious.

We hope that every Idahoan will join the #IdahoKind Challenge by completing and sharing acts of kindness on social media with #IdahoKind to inspire others.

*NOT TO BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE* - Macy's Bagging Hunger is an internal campaign that encourages Macy's employees to donate to The Idaho Foodbank through s giving partner (Benevity). It takes place throughout the month of March and involves IFB employee presentations during morning rallies to inform and encourage participation.