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October 23, 2024| 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Fruits and Vegetables – Nutrition Class Meridian

Matea Bidaburu, our Nutrition Education Specialist, will be hosting a class at the Idaho Food Bank Meridian location October 23rd from 3:00-4:30pm.
This class will be appropriate for people aged 18 and older.
The class will focus on knife skills, nutrition, and food preparation. Participants will learn to work with kitchen tools properly, the nutritional importance of fruits and vegetables in our diets and lastly, the class will prepare some healthy food following a recipe.
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Additional Idaho Foodbank Causes
Feed the Need - Moscow Community Food Drive
Sponsored by:City Of Moscow & Moscow Volunteer Fire Dept

The City of Moscow and the Moscow Volunteer Fire Department have teamed up with The Idaho Foodbank Feed the Need Campaign by hosting a Drive Thru Food & Funds Drive! Head to City Hall or the Station 2 of the Moscow Volunteer Fire Dept. with your non-perishable items on Halloween, Oct 31. All food collected will benefit those in need in the Moscow/ Latah Community via local Idaho Foodbank partners.
Scouting for Food
Sponsored by:Grand Teton Council - Boy Scouts of America
Join us for one of the largest food drives in East Idaho! Our local community food banks are in desperate need of food donations to help feed families in our area. Help us fill our local food banks. Sign up in your geographical area to collect food in your neighborhood and deliver it to your local drop off sites.
Donate to Turkey Bucks
Sponsored by:Albertsons

Albertsons Turkey Bucks promotion. At selected Albertsons locations, consider making a donation at the cash register. Albertsons partners with The Idaho Foodbank, and 100% of the money donated goes towards purchasing holiday dinners for our local families in need.
Race for the Steaks
Sponsored by:The Idaho Beef Council

The 7th Annual Race for the Steaks, hosted by the Idaho Beef Council, is now Raising the ‘Steaks’ on Nutrition and Health with registration fees equally supporting the Beef Counts program benefitting The Idaho Foodbank and the Treasure Valley YMCA with $20 going to each organization. The Beef Counts program provides a much needed, high quality protein for food insecure Idahoans.
Like many community events, this annual race which typically ends with a delicious steak dinner at the finish line, will be scheduled with runners participating virtually in Point 5k / 5k / 10k distance options, and completing their course October 19 -24 with a results reporting deadline of October 25.
Ada County Crop Hunger Walk
Sponsored by:CROP Hunger Walk

On Sunday, October 18, you are invited to walk with us to end hunger, one step at a time. This year we will be “walking together apart”. Even though walkers may be walking in their own neighborhoods or joining their church’s team for a “micro walk”, we will be walking together to end hunger.
The suggested distance for the walk is 3.4 miles because that is the distance many people in our world have to walk to access water.
We will be walking to raise funds to support the global mission of Church World Service, a faith-based organization transforming communities around the globe through just and sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement and disaster.
We will be walking to share 25% of the funds generated from the event to be designated to the Idaho Foodbank that assists food programs here in Idaho.
If ever there was a need for us to WALK TO END HUNGER ONE STEP AT A TIME, it is now, October 18, 2020. Please join us! Together, we can raise funds, walk together apart and help end hunger in our community and around the world!
Feed the Need- Drive thru Food and Fund Drive
Sponsored by:IWash Aircraft Detailing

I-Wash Aircraft Detailing is proud to be partnered with The Idaho Foodbank during Feed the Need in an effort to support families in need this fall and holiday season. Help us in our efforts by coming out to the airport with your non-perishable food and/or monetary donations ($1= FIVE MEALS) on October 17 between 10am and 2om for a drive thru contactless drop off site. Look for the volunteers at the Lewiston Airport by the jet in the short-term parking lot. Help us set a record for one day food collection.
Pecktoberfest Benefit Concert
Sponsored by:Bombshell Molly with Canyon Inn Bar & Grill

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.
20289 Big Canyon Rd
Peck, ID 83545
Closing the Hunger Gap
Sponsored by:Alliance Title

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!
Cans for Cups
Sponsored by:Alliance Title

Support the ‘Closing the Hunger Gap’ food drive campaign! Bring in a canned good or nonperishable food item for $1 off your drink!
404 E Parkcenter Blvd
Boise, Idaho 83706
Feed the Need
Sponsored by:Idaho Foodbank North Central Branch
idahofoodbank.org

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!