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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
Lamb Weston's National French Fry Day Event
Sponsored by:Lamb Weston
Lamb Weston is offering free French fries for a suggested donation of $5 and I Love Fries t-shirts are also available. All proceeds come to The Idaho Foodbank.
Fairview & Eagle
Meridian, ID
3rd Annual National French Fry Day - Simplot
Sponsored by:Simplot
Simplot is hosting their 3rd annual Annual French Fry Day on July 12th from 4 - 7pm. This event is free and held at Celebration Circle on 9th street between the Simplot headquarters and JUMP. Simplot's famous fryer will be pumping out up to 2,000lbs of fries an hour. Attendees are encouraged to bring donations to The Idaho Foodbank. Anyone who donates $15 or more will receive a commemorative "FryIdaho" t-shirt. This event is a kickoff of the Twilight Trifecta with an awards ceremony of the Chrono Kristin Armstrong cycling event.
Sletten Construction Golf Tournament
Sponsored by:Sletten Construction
See flyer
Beef Night at Idaho Falls, Chukars
Sponsored by:Beef Counts
*This will follow the event plan for the Beef Counts appearances at the baseball games in Boise.
568 W Elva St
Idaho Falls, ID 83402
Ale to the Beer (Kegs 4 Kause)
Sponsored by:The Idaho Beef Council
See email
Paint a Bowl for The Idaho Foodbank's Summer Empty Bowl Event
Sponsored by:A Way With Clay
The Idaho Foodbank is partnering up with Big Al’s for the 3rd Annual Summer Empty Bowls on National Ice Cream Day! This community event held at Big Al’s (1900 N. Eagle Road, Meridian) helps raise necessary funds for the 179,000 families and children The Foodbank serves monthly. Your sponsorship will provide necessary meals to the 1 in 8 Idahoans who struggle with hunger. Our goal is to raise enough for 12,000 meals at this event to help feed Idaho’s hungry.
This event is supporting our 3rd Annual Summer Empty Bowls by providing the bowls for the event!
3597 East Monarch Sky Lane #225, Meridian, Idaho 83646
Meridian, ID 83646
Joe Hall Ford's Annual Cereal and Peanut Butter Drive
Sponsored by:Joe Hall Ford
Volunteers from Joe Hall Ford and other local businesses will spend the day outside the Rosauer's entrance accepting donations from shoppers of cereal and peanut butter. In the last five years to date, they have collected over 9,000 boxes of cereal and over 4,000 pounds of peanut butter. The event is part of the Focus on Child Hunger that is held annually throughout the Northwest by local Ford dealerships.
332 Thain Rd.
Lewiston, ID 83501
MOO Bucks
Sponsored by:Albertsons

People can donate “Moo Bucks” at Albertsons checkouts June 1-15. While it’s easy for people to donate canned and dry goods, fresh milk is much harder to donate because it’s perishable. Thus, even though food pantries report milk is one of the most requested items, it’s difficult for them to meet the demand. A donation to Moo Bucks help The Idaho Foodbank purchase and distribute dairy foods to clients and give them vouchers to redeem for milk.
Thanksgiving in June
Sponsored by:City of Trees Real Estate

The Idaho Foodbank receives most of its food donations during the holiday season. City of Trees knew that this was where they could help. To shed light on this issue, City of Trees Real Estate committed to creating an event the entire community could rally around, and thus, "Thanksgiving in June" was born. The goal is to fill the City of Trees Real Estate moving truck as many times as possible over a two-day event, but also throughout the entire month of June.
Scheduled Events:
• June 3rd or 4th - City of Trees Real Estate Team Volunteering at The Idaho Foodbank
• June 15th - Big Jud’s - $1 per burger donated
• June 13th - COTRE Happy Hour – collecting donations
• June 29th + 30th - Fred Meyer’s Grocery Store Booth -- (Linder and Glenwood)
A link to make a cash donation to Thankgiving in June is listed below.
Red Nose Day, the campaign to end child poverty
Sponsored by:Red Nose Day Fund / Feeding America

You can buy a Red Nose at any Walgreens for $2, and the money goes to the Red Nose Day Fund to end child poverty. Last year, the Red Nose Day Fund awarded The Idaho Foodbank $10,000 to support our Backpack and School Pantry programs!