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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
Hunger Bowl
Sponsored by:Boise State University
Football fans can support their team and fight hunger at the 10th annual Hunger Bowl, which takes place on Saturday, November 18 during Boise State Bronco’s game against the Air Force Falcons.
Show Us Your Cans Charity Concert
Sponsored by:100.3 The X
Free concert featuring 3 national acts and 2 local act. Listeners of 100.3 The X can get into the event for free with the donation of canned goods to be collected at the Knitting Factory that evening.
Buy a Bottle, Give a Meal Fred Meyers Wines
Sponsored by:Constellation Brand Wines
Fred Meyers is partnering with Constellation Brand Wines! $1.00 per bottle sold of Clos de bois, Ruffino, Charles Smith Wines, Meiomi, 14Hands, Villa Maria Santa Cristian and Seven Falls Cellars from November 1 through December 31.
Buy a Bottle, Give a Meal Fred Meyers Wines
Sponsored by:Constellation Brand Wines
Fred Meyers partnering with Constellation Brand wines is donating $1.00 per bottle sold of Clos de bois, Ruffino, Charles Smith Wines, Meiomi, 14Hands, Villa Maria Santa Cristian and Seven Falls Cellars from November 1 through December 31.
Feed The Foodbank
Sponsored by:Chelsea Blewett with Well Connected Electric
Various businesses within the LC Valley will be doing a food and fund drive from November 1st to November 15th and all proceeds will benefit The Idaho Foodbank. There are several drop locations where the public can take food/funds. Including: Joe hall Ford, Inland Cellular, Smart Fitness, P1FCU, Hot Shot Espresso, and The Idaho Foodbank will also be a drop center.
Season of Giving
Sponsored by:First Tech Federal Credit Union
First Tech Federal Credit Union is hoping you'll share Season of Giving by engaging members and First Tech branches to help them direct funds to feature non-profits through social media. Through social media raise awareness and receive votes . the Idaho Foodbank if selected will receive $1,000, 2nd and 3rd receive $500 each.
Les Schwab Turkey Drive
Sponsored by:Les Schwab Tire Stores
Celebrating 12 years of Les Schwab Turkey Drive and our partner agencies providing turkeys to Idahoans who are struggling with hunger around the Holidays from November to December.
Scouting for Food
Sponsored by:Boy Scouts of America Grand Teton Council
The Boy Scouts of America Grand Teton Council will once again be gathering non-perishable food items as part of their "Scouting for Food" drive in Eastern Idaho this October. Bags for food collection will be dropped of beginning Oct 21 with the Scouts collecting those filled bags on Saturday, October 28th. The Grand Teton Council serves 16 counties in Eastern Idaho and is working with The Idaho Foodbank to distribute the food to each troops closest local Food Pantry. Best of luck for a hugely successful drive Scouts!
Give a Meal with Bank of America
Sponsored by:Bank of America
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation will match, two-to-one, each individual donation (up to $1,000 of each such donation and a maximum of $1,000 per donor in the aggregate) made to Feeding America through the Give A Meal program before December 31, 2016 (or until the cap has been met), up to a maximum total match of $1,500,000.
End School Hunger
Sponsored by:Valley Office Systems
This is part of a larger campaign for Valley Office Systems - where Valley will donate enough to cover one child for two months on the Backpack and School Pantry programs with every printer/copier sold from Oct 5 - Nov 30. This donation is going on at all Valley Office Systems' Idaho Locations: Idaho Falls, Twin Falls, Boise, Pocatello. This campaign is being pushed on radio - with a partnership with East Idaho Radio doing additional PSA's about the School Pantry and Backpack programs. We'll also have a social and digital component to the campaign.