February 2| 5:30 pm - March 16| 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.
This Class is Now Full
FULL
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
Drive Away Hunger
Sponsored by:Cole Chevrolet and/or KPVI Channel 6
This Friday, December 7th at Fred Meyer in Pocatello, Cole Chevrolet will be teaming up with KPVI Channel 6 to help Drive Away Hunger. Please come show your support by helping to fill Chevrolet trucks with non-perishable food items. The trucks will be there from 4:30pm to 6:30pm. KPVI Channel 6 will be there showing there support broadcasting live with updates. Please join Cole Chevrolet, Fred Meyer, and KPVI Channel 6 make sure no one goes hungry this holiday season.
800 Yellowstone Ave
Pocatello, ID 83201
Giving Tuesday
Sponsored by:The Idaho Foodbank
idahofoodbank.org
#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration.
Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving.
Please join us this #GivingTuesday, as we strive to bring holiday hope to families across Idaho, take the time to show your support for the fight against hunger!
Help us bring Hope for the Holidays.
Your gift will make a real difference in people’s lives during the holidays and beyond.
Buy a Bottle, Give a Meal
Sponsored by:Constellation Brands & Ste Michelle Wine Estates
During this holiday season when you purchase a bottle of wine, at all Idaho Fred Meyers stores, The Idaho Foodbank will receive $1.00/ bottle , up to $50,000 - donation to be split between foodbanks sold 11/25 through 1/5/2019.
Empty Bowls 2018
Sponsored by:The Idaho Foodbank
Empty Bowls is an international project to fight hunger, personalized by artists and community members, who offer their handcrafted and hand-painted bowls throughout the year. The Idaho Foodbank’s Empty Bowls offers the opportunity to select a unique bowl from thousands and then enjoy a hot bowl of soup generously donated by one of several of our finest local restaurants. Bowls start at $10, and provides enough food for 50 meals. 21st anniversary of Empty Bowls will be held Friday, November 23 from 10:00AM to 1:30PM on the Grove Plaza.
Vandal Holiday Hoops Showcase
Sponsored by:Vandals Men's Basketball
The Idaho Men’s Basketball Team and CenturyLink Arena are hosting the 2018 Vandal Holiday Hoops Showcase on November 23rd and 24th!
The two-day showcase will feature the men’s basketball teams from the University of Idaho, UC Santa Barbara, Portland State, and Northwest Nazarene.
233 S Capitol Blvd
Boise, ID 83702
Vandal Holiday Hoops Showcase
Sponsored by:Vandals Men's Basketball
The Idaho Men’s Basketball Team and CenturyLink Arena are hosting the 2018 Vandal Holiday Hoops Showcase on November 23rd and 24th!
The two-day showcase will feature the men’s basketball teams from the University of Idaho, UC Santa Barbara, Portland State, and Northwest Nazarene.
233 S Capitol Blvd
Boise, ID 83702
Hymns of Thanksgiving
Sponsored by:Celebrations in Music Inc
This holiday tradition features a full orchestra and choir of over 325 musicians from across Idaho. The Governor and First Lady will provide the narration for this event. It is free to the public, and no tickets are required. Hymns of Thanksgiving is the perfect way to begin your Thanksgiving week.
Cranksgiving - Boise
Sponsored by:Boise GreenBike
Boise GreenBike is proud to again sponsor Cranksgiving, a Thanksgiving-themed scavenger hunt on bicycles for a cause. On Saturday, November 17th teams of three to four participants will use their own and Boise GreenBikes to gather a list of items to fill Thanksgiving food boxes. The food items are donated to St. Vincent de Paul for distribution to families in need throughout the Treasure Valley. Last year the event provided Thanksgiving food boxes for 36 families.
2800 W Idaho Street
Boise, Idaho 83702
Wells Fargo 2018 Holiday Campaign
Sponsored by:Wells Fargo
This holiday season, Wells Fargo is turning all its branches into Wells Fargo "Food Banks". Wells Fargo is donating $4 million to Feeding America and matching every dollar donated up to $1 million to Feeding America from November 13 – December 31, 2018. That's a total of $5 million+ to help fight hunger! 100% of consumer donations will benefit their local food banks (based on zip code) and can be made at Wells Fargo ATMs and via an online Feeding America online donation page.
Stomp Out Hunger 2018
Sponsored by:Stinker Stores
Since 2010, Stinker Stores help solve hunger in Idaho with annual holiday campaign. Stinker Stores from Moscow to Boise to Idaho Falls will take part in this year’s “Stomp Out Hunger”, an effort to provide as much help to families in need as possible this holiday season.
From November 9th to the 19th Each store in Idaho will be giving customers a chance at the register to add to their purchase with a donation to The Idaho Foodbank. Just $1 can help provide the food for 5 meals for hungry Idahoans. Stores will be competing to raise the most funds, with a celebration of the final gift coming at the end of the month.
This year, Stinker Stores has set a goal of raising $56,000 through store gifts and donations. The company has also pledged to, once again, match $1.00 up to the first $25,000 of those donations. In 2017, customers of Stinker Stores donated more than $56,771 and the company added another $25,000. The result was a record of $81,771.