February 2, 2026| 5:30 pm - March 16, 2026| 7:15 pm
6-Week Cooking Matters Course

The Idaho Foodbank and Eat Smart Idaho are teaming up to bring Cooking Matters for Families to the Mini-Cassia. This 6-week course will be an interactive experience to help adults learn how to choose and prepare healthy foods on a budget with limited equipment. This fun and informative class will include hands-on food preparation, label reading, meal planning, and nutrition tips. Our goal is to help families make the most of their food dollars. Each class will conclude with a nutritious meal that participants and instructors will sit down to eat together. All participants who attend 5 out of the 6 classes will be eligible for a grand prize drawing. Children under the age of 16 must have adult supervision and all members of the household are encouraged to attend together.
Spaces are limited, please sign up by January here or call Misty Roberts at 208-577-2712.
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Day: Mondays
Dates: February 2, 9, & 23 and March 2, 9, & 16, 2026
Time: 5:30pm-7:15pm
Location: University of Idaho Extension at 85 E. Baseline Rd, Rupert, Idaho
Registration will be closed when the class is full or January 28th, 2026.
Additional Idaho Foodbank Causes
Dino Stroll
Sponsored by:Canterbury Village Events
idahofoodbank.org

Dino Stroll is the most realistic tour back into history with animatronic dinosaurs that are created with moving heads, necks, tails, wings, eyes blinking, mouths that open and close, breathing movements, synchronized sounds and many more exquisite details that bring them to life.
This must-see event will provide an opportunity to see and feel what it was like when the world’s largest creatures roamed the earth!
5610 Glenwood St
Garden City, ID
ISU and U of I - Foodfight
Sponsored by:Idaho State University and University of Idaho

The University of Idaho vs Idaho State University annually competes to raise funds and fill their community and campus pantries. This event directly effects those who are food insecure in the community and on the campus. Funds will go to the Idaho Foodbank.
Scouting for Food
Sponsored by:Mountain West Boy Scout Council
Boy Scouts will be picking up food at residences and dropping it off in various locations (site list attached below). The Idaho Foodbank is one of the bigger sites to receive food and food is coming to the warehouse directly instead of the Boy Scout Office as in previous years.
Pocatello Empty Bowls
Sponsored by:Pocatello Arts Council
Empty Bowls is grass roots movement by local artists to help end hunger in their
own communities. The idea is very simple. In cooperation with the Pocatello
Arts Council, ISU Clay Club and the Idaho Food Bank, local ceramic artists will
create bowls for the event, while local restaurants and grocers donate soup and
bread for a simple dinner. Tickets to the event are a $20. donation. Each donor
will choose their own handmade bowl and enjoy a variety of soups and bread.
Live music and a cash bar will round out the event. All proceeds support the
Idaho Food Bank to help end hunger here in our local community.
This will be our third empty bowls event here in Pocatello, and we are looking
forward to our most successful event to date. This year local ceramic artists will
make 200 bowls, and local musicians will provide a live performance for the
event.
1009 S 2nd Ave.
Pocatello, ID 83201
Great Idaho Food Drive
Sponsored by:KBOI/CBS2
idahofoodbank.org

CBS2 is hosting the Great Idaho Food Drive along with their partners 670 KBOI, Les Schwab Tire Center, and TDS Fiber. From November 11 – December 17, stop by any Treasure Valley Les Schwab Tire Center location, or the CBS2 office in downtown Boise to drop off non-perishable food items. You can also support monetarily, as $1 can provide food for 4 meals!
Dutch Bros Give Back Day
Sponsored by:Dutch Bros Coffee

Join Dutch Bros in helping The Idaho Foodbank by visiting the Orchard St. location on Monday, November 8. $1 from every drink sold will be donated to The Idaho Foodbank to help nourish neighbors who are facing food insecurity.
101 S Orchard St
Boise, Idaho
Donations for the Idaho Foodbank
Sponsored by:TJ MAXX

Annual TJ MAXX 'Giving to the Idaho Foodbank' Campaign! Customers have the opportunity at the registers to donate to help with the Mission of the Idaho Foodbank. Three days to participate- November 5, 6 and 7th. A weekend of giving at the local Idaho TJ's to provide food for neighbors in need.
3rd Annual - Give the Cops a Bird
Sponsored by:Fraternal Order of Police

This challenge asks members of the community to bring in frozen turkeys or monetary donations that will all go directly to the Idaho Food Bank
Last year the members of the Department collected 250 turkeys and brought in $10,000 for the cause, crushing the previous years’ donations of $3,500.
Turkeys and monetary donations will be accepted through Friday, November 19th at the Pocatello Police Department.
Fill the Plates- Holiday Fund Drive
Sponsored by:Les Schwab
- Les Schwab Branches will host a FUND drive to support holiday meals in the North Central Region. Friendly competition between stores to raise the most funds for bragging rights. Les Schwab employees are making an impact for the holidays in our community.
Hamapalooza
Sponsored by:Lewis Clark Credit Union

We partner with local food banks who distribute the hams to 700 families each year. By donating, you will be able to help make this holiday season a little brighter (and yummier!) for local families! This year our goal is to raise as much money as possible.