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November 9, 2024| 9:00 am - 2:30 pm
Scouting for Food – Southwest

Scouting for Food is one of Idaho’s largest annual food drives hosted by Boy Scouts of America. This year’s event is a collaboration with Just Serve. Volunteers across the Treasure, Magic, and Wood River Valley will pick up bags of food from designated neighborhoods.
We would like to thank these sponsors for supporting Scouting for Food:
Taco Bell * Just Serve * Beckman Foundation * Oppenheimer Companies
Food Pick-up – Saturday November 9th
A list of the most needed items at local food banks
Tapawingo District
3630 E Commercial St, Meridian, ID 83642
9:30am – 2:30 pm
133 W Broadway Ave, Meridian, ID 83642
9am – 1pm
St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry – Boise
3209 W Overland Rd, Boise, ID 83705
149 W State St, Eagle, ID 83616
9am – Noon
NEW LOCATION: 2024 American Legion Blvd, ST 2, Mountain Home, ID 83647
9am – Noon
Owyhee DIstrict
1st Church of the Nazarene – Nampa
601 16th Ave S, Nampa, ID 83651
10am- 1pm
307 E 1st St., Middleton ID 83644
9am – 12:30pm
Middleton United Methodist Church
104 East Main St, Middleton
9am 12 noon
Treasure Valley Community College Parking lot
205 @ 6th Ave, Caldwell
9am-12noon
VThe Hub – Marshing, ID
9am – 12noon
15 W Colorado Ave
Homedale ID
9am-12noon
Additional Idaho Foodbank Causes
Mountain America Credit Union Pick Your Charity Contest
Sponsored by:Mountain America Credit Union
In partnership with BSU Football, Mountain America Credit Union is doing a sweepstakes and will be giving away $5,000 to a local charity. We could send this out to any viewer wanting to vote.
Online only
Holiday Save & Share
Sponsored by:Pioneer Federal Credit Union

At Pioneer, we value our youth account holders and teaching them the value of saving money. This October, we are running a fun promotion to continue educating them on saving, but also sharing. For our Holiday Save & Share promotion, new youth account holders will receive a $25 deposit from Pioneer and existing account holders will receive up to a $10 deposit match. With both promotions, the youth account holder will also be encouraged to give $25 (from Pioneer) to an organization of their choice. We’ve chosen (3) organizations; The Idaho Foodbank, Idaho Humane Society, and Make a Wish Idaho for them to donate to.
Attorneys Against Hunger
Sponsored by:Idaho State Bar Young Lawyers
Join the Young Lawyers Section for their annual evening of networking and socializing to benefit the Idaho Foodbank.
521 W Broad St
Boise, ID 83702
Oktoberfest Pocatello
Sponsored by:Portneuf Valley Brewery
Join us for the Annual Oktoberfest Street Party at Portneuf Valley Brewing on Saturday, September 25th! Gates open at 5pm with live music featuring The Kyd-J Band and Soul Full of Blues beginning at 6pm. Beer, brats, music, and Oktoberfest fun for the entire family. Half price admission for ISU students. Plan to join the street party after the ISU homecoming game!
615 S. 1st St.
Pocatello, ID 83201
The Human Bean Give Back Day
Sponsored by:The Human Bean and MY102.7
Help The Human Bean and Joey & Lauren get Idaho kids the nutrition needed to learn and grow!
Grab a drink at The Human Bean on Saturday and we'll donate $1 from every drink purchased to The Idaho Foodbank to support The Idaho Foodbank's child feeding programs-- The Backpack and School Pantry program.
Joey & Lauren Jenkins with MY 102.7 will be with us at the Fairview and Cherry Meridian location broadcasting live. They will have lots of fun prizes up for grabs, including Haunted World tickets, Joey & Lauren swag, concert tickets and more.
The proceeds day will take place on Saturday, September 25th from 10 AM to 2 PM.
1635 N Meridian Rd.
Meridian, Idaho 83642
Pocatello Back to School Radiothon
Sponsored by:The Idaho Foodbank
The radiothon will be promoting our Back to School Campaign to raise awareness and asking for donations.
555 S. 1st Avenue
Pocatello, Idaho 83201
Back to School Radio thon
Sponsored by:McVey Entertainment Group

Kicking off the Idaho Foodbank's Backpack Campaign by learning more information while listening to your favorite station. KOZE, KRLC AND KMOK will share information from statistics from our school districts the foodbank serves. This is a program that the Idaho Foodbank (non-profit) raises money for every year to fill the need. 9000 backpacks is the goal to feed those kiddos in our community. These specialized bags of food fit nicely into the backpack of the kids for discrete distribution.
Boise Brewing Community Supported Beer
Sponsored by:Boise Brewing

$1 from every Boise Brewing Light Ale sold during the month of September will be donated to The Idaho Foodbank!
521 W Broad St
Boise, ID 83702
Kendall's $20K Giveaway
Sponsored by:Kendall Auto Group

The Idaho Foodbank has been selected as one of three nonprofit organizations participating in the Kendall $20K giveaway. Here's how it works:
1) Individuals can visit one of Kendall's locations in the Treasure Valley and fill out an entry form to have your name drawn to win $1,000. On your entry form you will also cast a vote for your favorite of the three nonprofit organizations participating.
2) Kendall Auto will draw TEN names for ten individuals to each win $1,000, and the the nonprofit with the most votes from those 10 winners will win $10,000!
*No purchase necessary. One entry per week per person.*
LCCU Backpack Buddies
Sponsored by:Lewis Clark Credit Union

Become a backpack buddy: $10 buys a backpack of food for a child for the weekend. At 3 locations the Lewis Clark Credit Union will promote the Backpack buddy program. $10 donations will be collected at each location for the Idaho Foodbanks Backpack program all of September.