Dec. 18, 2021, at 4:00 pm in the Rotunda of the Stephens Performing Arts Center, the Pocatello Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (UUs) will present the 33rd Annual Festival of Lights. Warm your hearts and welcome the season by celebrating holiday traditions from around the world. From wondrous midwinter festivals, to rituals and practices that inspire merrymaking and reflection, the Festival of Lights includes carols, sing-alongs, and stories that have brought people together for generations.

This event is FREE and no tickets are required.

The partner organization for this year’s Festival of Lights is the Idaho Foodbank. Cash donations are welcome, but please no food items.

December specials! Bring 3 cans of food & receive:
$4 off any large pizza
$3 off any medium pizza
$2 off any small pizza

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Holiday Heroes gives the community an opportunity to donate funds/food and volunteer to help put together food boxes for a food distribution in Lewiston. This campaign is a multi-day in person and a month long online event. The purpose is to raise enough money at the registers at Rosauers and online to purchase food bags for holiday meals. These food bags/boxes will be distributed at the fair building the week of Christmas.

Will you join our efforts today to deliver hope for the holidays?
#GivingTuesday is a national day of generosity, a day when you have the opportunity to positively impact neighbors who may not know where their next meal is coming from, providing both sustenance and peace of mind.

With your help, The Idaho Foodbank will be able to provide nutritious meals to Idahoans experiencing food insecurity. The need is great, as we are currently serving an average of 182,500 people monthly through 465+ partners across the state. Eliminating the obstacle of obtaining food during this difficult time will enable families to focus on recovery. More than a meal, your gift may provide the stretch needed to a family grocery budget that allows them to fund other necessities like rent and medical expenses.

At The Idaho Foodbank we are able to turn a $1 donation into the food for up to 4 meals. Corwin Ford has generously offered to match every donation made during November dollar for dollar, up to $30,000!
Today $1 donation = food for 8 meals thanks to Corwin Ford!

Here are a few simple ways you can join us:
• Consider making a gift this #GivingTuesday
• Volunteer with us
• Become a fundraiser
• Help us get the word out on social media by sharing, tagging and liking our posts
• Share photos on your social platform about what The Idaho Foodbank means to you
• Do something kind for another person, help a neighbor in need!

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Happy Holidays! Let's make it a great one for our community. When you donate to Santa Bucks, you support local families in need so they can enjoy a delicious holiday meal this holiday season! Donations go to The Idaho Foodbank and all donations stay in their local communities.

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As part of its Tackling Food Insecurity Together Campaign, MOD PIZZA is offering 'MODness Meals' and will will donate $1.00 per meal to
Feeding America for each MODness Meal purchased.

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Dino Stroll is the most realistic tour back into history with animatronic dinosaurs that are created with moving heads, necks, tails, wings, eyes blinking, mouths that open and close, breathing movements, synchronized sounds and many more exquisite details that bring them to life.

This must-see event will provide an opportunity to see and feel what it was like when the world’s largest creatures roamed the earth!

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The University of Idaho vs Idaho State University annually competes to raise funds and fill their community and campus pantries. This event directly effects those who are food insecure in the community and on the campus. Funds will go to the Idaho Foodbank.

Boy Scouts will be picking up food at residences and dropping it off in various locations (site list attached below). The Idaho Foodbank is one of the bigger sites to receive food and food is coming to the warehouse directly instead of the Boy Scout Office as in previous years.

Empty Bowls is grass roots movement by local artists to help end hunger in their
own communities. The idea is very simple. In cooperation with the Pocatello
Arts Council, ISU Clay Club and the Idaho Food Bank, local ceramic artists will
create bowls for the event, while local restaurants and grocers donate soup and
bread for a simple dinner. Tickets to the event are a $20. donation. Each donor
will choose their own handmade bowl and enjoy a variety of soups and bread.
Live music and a cash bar will round out the event. All proceeds support the
Idaho Food Bank to help end hunger here in our local community.
This will be our third empty bowls event here in Pocatello, and we are looking
forward to our most successful event to date. This year local ceramic artists will
make 200 bowls, and local musicians will provide a live performance for the
event.