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November 8, 2025| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Scouting for Food – Southwest Idaho

Scouting for Food, hosted by Scouting America, is one of Idaho’s largest annual food drives. Volunteers across the Treasure, Magic, and Wood River Valley will pick up food from designated neighborhoods. If you find a door hanger at your house on November 1st, you can leave a donation outside your front door for the Scouts to pick up on November 8th. If you don’t receive a door hanger, you can still donate at one of the drop-off sites listed below.
Scouting for Food Collection Sites
Tapawingo District
Idaho Food Bank
3630 E Commercial St
Meridian
9:30 am – 3:30 pm
Meridian Food Bank
133 W. Broadway
Meridian
9am – 1pm
Eagle Food Bank
310 E State St
Eagle
9am -12pm
St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry
3209 W Overland Rd
Boise
9am -12pm
El-Ada
2024 American Legion Blvd, St 2
Mountain Home
9am -12pm
Owyhee District
Nampa 1st Church of the Nazarene
601 16th Ave. South
Nampa
West Parking Lot
10am – 3pm
Oasis Food Center
506 W Simplot Blvd
Caldwell
9am -2:30pm
Kuna Community Food Pantry
260 W. 4th St
Kuna
Middleton United Methodist Church
104 East Main St
Middleton
9am -12:30pm
Middleton Food Pantry
307 E 1st St
Middleton
9am – 1pm
Treasure Valley Community College Parking lot
205 @ 6th Ave
Caldwell
9am – 12pm
The Hub
Marsing
Drop off donations Monday-Thursday
El-Ada
15 W Colorado Ave
Homedale
9am -12:00pm
DJ Pilgrims Market
102 N Plymouth Ave
New Plymouth
9am – 2pm
Albertson
405 S Main St
Payette
9am – 2pm
Albertsons
1410 Westpark Plaza
Ontario
9am – 2pm
Fruitland Assembly of God
100 S Whitley Dr
Fruitland
9am – 2pm
Weiser Love, Inc.
8 E Idaho St
Weiser
M&W Market
424 Main St
Nyssa
Vale Food Pantry
252 B St W
Vale
Snake River District
Twin Falls
Smiths
Fred Meyer’s
Kimberely
Ridley’s
Burley
Smiths
Stokes
Jerome
Ridley’s
Bellevue
Bellevue City Hall [NEW LOCATION]
Buhl
West End Ministerial Association [NEW LOCATION]
Other Donation Center Locations:
First Presbyterian Church
262 E Ave J
Jerome
Mustard Seed
702 Main Ave W
Twin Falls
Salvation Army
348 5th Ave N
Twin Falls
South Central Community Action Center
Burley
Additional Idaho Foodbank Causes
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.
Papa John's Raise Some Dough
Sponsored by:Papa Johns

We're dishing out the dough! Get 20% off when you use promo code FOODBANK20, and Papa John's will donate 20% of the purchase price to The Idaho Foodbank for all orders placed on August 25, 2021.
Independence From Hunger
Sponsored by:The Grocery Outlet
Independence for Hunger is a Grocery Outlet in Lewiston sponsored event to promote providing food to our community. The Idaho Foodbank will be the beneficiary of the funds and the food will be distributed to the 5 counties the North Central branch serves. Each Saturday a group will man the front of the store to sell raffle tickets, promote donations and greet all shoppers.
117 Thain Road
Lewiston, ID 83501