Come out and help support the Idaho Foodbank's partner, Lifeline Pantry, in Orofino, ID. With the year we all have had and now the families impacted by the area fires, this is a great way to give back and help the community while sharing a great time with your rock and roll family. The annual Pecktoberfest is a halloween party, concert and all around good time for a good cause. Admission is $10 and a can of food.

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Closing the Hunger Gap is Alliance Title's annual food and fund drive for The Idaho Foodbank. Their participating branches build canstructures and the public gets to vote!

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Support the ‘Closing the Hunger Gap’ food drive campaign! Bring in a canned good or nonperishable food item for $1 off your drink!

The holiday season will be upon us before we know it. For many of us, it’s a season of joy, thankfulness and giving. But for our neighbors, many of them still out of work, who suffer from food insecurity, it can be a season of stress and worry. There are several contributing factors, from school-age kids being out on break to friends and relatives visiting over the holidays. Regardless of the reasons, the demand for food assistance over the holidays increases significantly. Hence, the Feed the Need campaign in October. Please join The Idaho Foodbank in this food and fund drive benefiting our partner agencies in the five-county region of North Central Idaho, consisting of Clearwater, Idaho, Latah, Lewis and Nez Perce counties.

Did you know, due to the power of our network, The Idaho Foodbank can provide five meals for each $1.00 donated? Every single donation has a big impact as The Idaho Foodbank works towards our vision of a hunger-free Idaho. Point-of-sale donation requests are a fantastic way to support the Feed the Need campaign. It is important to note that food collected in communities outside Lewiston will be donated to our partner agencies in that area. For example, food collected in Orofino will go to our partner agency in Orofino. Funds collected will go to The Idaho Foodbank to support the programs we administer throughout North Central Idaho. Those include Backpack, Cooking Matters, Mobile Pantry, School Pantry and Senior Nutrition.

We sincerely hope you will partner with The Idaho Foodbank in October to Feed the Need this holiday season!

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Since we are in need of some very specific food items for our Bannock County Thanksgiving food box distribution, we have tried to come up with a creative way to help gather these foods. We are reaching out to local businesses to see if they would be interested in participating in a “Holiday Food Fight”. This event is designed to collect all of the dry goods needed to fill 1000 Thanksgiving food boxes that will be distributed to Bannock County residence in need. We will be working with multiple businesses throughout the community asking them to participate in our challenge by contributing 1000 cans of a specifically chosen food item. This will be a contest where each business will gain points for each item collected and bonus points for additional collected funds and turkeys. There will also be bonus points for whoever completes their challenge first. The winning business will be provided with lunch sponsored by the Pizza Pie Café as well as additional fun snacks delivered to your office, and of course, a trophy.

Osborne's Cleaning & Restoration has been serving the LC Valley area for over 45 years and is dedicated to the community. Donate food between Oct. 1 and Nov. 30 and get a 20% discount on carpet or window cleaning.

Join us for a unique day full of entertainment on Thursday, September 10th by tuning in to the Back to School Virtual Telethon with The Idaho Foodbank. The day includes eight hours of entertainment from 9AM to 5PM MDT, provided by people appearing virtually, from wherever they happen to be. In between entertainers of all kinds, we will provide information about our Backpack and School Pantry programs, including how viewers can help us feed Idaho children. Talent ranges from local, familiar faces such as longtime radio personality Kate McGwire and blues musician Dave Wilson, to cooking humorist Pat Mac. A variety of national talents will also be appearing as surprise guests.

Contributions made during the telethon will have double the impact thanks to a generous offer from Optum Idaho to match all gifts up to $10,000 dollars. The entire event will be streamed live to the internet via Facebook, YouTube, and other platforms. Find more information and choose your favorite way to view the event by visiting www.backtoschooltelethon.com

Whether you’ll be watching all day or viewing in-between meetings, we’re excited to bring this first-time event to you!

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The Idaho Foodbank is partnering up with Big Al’s for the 4th Annual Summer Empty Bowls, Sunday July 19th (National Ice Cream Day) from 11:00AM to 2:00PM.

This community event held at The Village in Meridian helps raise necessary funds for the 179,000 families and children The Idaho Foodbank serves monthly. Your $10 purchase of a handcrafted bowl will provide 50 meals to the 1 in 8 Idahoans who struggle with hunger.

Our goal is to raise enough for 12,000 meals in July. Enjoy a scoop of ice cream and sprinkles provided by Big Al’s.

The Village in Meridian is at 1900 N Eagle Road, Meridian (outdoor patio).

Did you hear that we’re hosting FREE wedding ceremonies on our Terrace for 10 couples who have been affected by COVID-19? No catch. Totally free for 10 selected couples. Submissions can be a video or photo + ‘meet us’ essay. We would LOVE to hear your story.

Each two-hour, private ceremony includes:
- complimentary understated decor
- wedding arch
- seating for up to 50 guests
- professional wedding photographer
- courtesy set up, tear down, and cleaning
- complimentary room at The Grove Hotel on wedding night
- each wedding package is valued at $4,500

In lieu of payment, couples and wedding guests are asked to bring canned food donations, which will be donated to the Idaho Foodbank.

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Come join us in painting a bowl on Saturday June 27th at The Village in Meridian, in preparation for the upcoming Idaho Foodbank's Summer Empty Bowl event. We will have all the of supplies you will need to paint a bowl of your choice, which will then be donated to The Idaho Foodbank's fundraiser. Please purchase your tickets to select which bowl and time so we can be prepared for when you come and paint with us. For this event we will be located in the empty space between Panache and Rural Haze. #awaywithclaystudio #idahofoodbank #emptybowls

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