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October 27| 8:00 am - November 13| 5:00 pm
The Great Idaho Food Drive
Every year, CBS Channel 2 hosts the Great Idaho Food Drive. This year, they’re partnering with KBOI Radio 670 AM, Albertsons, Les Schwab, and Two Men and a Truck to collect food for The Idaho Foodbank! Food donations can be dropped off at collection locations from October 27th – November 13th. On the morning of November 14th, a parade of Les Schwab trucks will come to The Idaho Foodbank warehouse in Meridian to unload the food collected throughout the drive.
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Additional Idaho Foodbank Causes
Wal-mart Fight Hunger Spark Change
Sponsored by:Wal-mart & Feeding America
Wal-Mart is partnering with Feeding America again for Fight Hunger Spark Change campaign April 17 - May 15 at all Idaho Wal-Mart stores. Wal-Mart is committed to providing meals to those in need and helping that every family has access to affordable, nutritious and sustainably grown food.
There are 3 ways easy ways to get involved and help fight hunger in your local community:
Online Acts of Support: www.walmart.com/FightHunger
Generate meals for Feeding America Idaho Foodbank by using #FightHunger on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Purchase participating products: General Mills; Kellogg's; Campbell's Soup Company; PepsiCo (Quaker) and Kraft Heinz
Donate to The Idaho Foodbank at the register for $1; $2; $5 or 'round-up' or "Other"
On April 21 share on any social media #FightHunger and Wal-Mart will donate additional $1.5 million to campaign.
Human Beans Giving Back
Sponsored by:Melissa Magnaghi
When you bring a canned food item to any of your local Human Bean locations, you will receive $1.00 off of your order!
F45 Training Grand Opening
Sponsored by:F45 Training
Come enjoy a free workout at F45 studio on Sat, April 8th at 9 and 10a.m. We will have DJ ZUZ mixing music, free giveaways, Miss Idaho USA contestants meet and greet, Miss Meridian will be at the event and is one of our personal trainers, we will be bringing awareness that 1 in 7 people in Idaho are in need of food, We will be having a food drive so bring can goods and or make a donation.
F45 Training has a soft opening March 30 for clients to bring food donations and donate to the online Fund Drive too.
H & R Block Food and Referral Program
Sponsored by:H & R Block
All Treasure Valley H & R Block offices are participating in food drive donations AND referral program. H & R Block is donating $20 for every new client when they bring in referral form.
Million Meals in March KIZN '92 Radio-a-thon 3/15
Sponsored by:Cumulus Radio
Part of Million Meals in March campaign: Radio-a-thon at Cumulus KIZN '92 from 7am to 7pm
3 hour shifts with 4 phones.
7a-10a
10a-1p filled Corporate Challenge Teams
1p-4p
4p-7p
St. Paddy's Day Half K - The Pun Run
Sponsored by:Iron Horse Brewery
This is the Boise edition of the Pun Run, a .5K run sponsored by Iron Horse Brewery. They are fundraising for The Idaho Foodbank.
The St. Paddy's Day .5K
Sponsored by:Iron Horse Brewery
3rd Annual fun run distance is 1 block that is .5K with food, drink and music and many 'high fives' along the way. Participants receive all the swag just like a marathon: bib, custom medal and head band includes a photographer, Celtic Rock band: Guess When and many water & food stations along the 1 block course.
Million Meals in March
Sponsored by:Boise Co-op North End
Million Meals in March Kick-Off with Boise Co-op North End donating 3% of Sales on March 1 to help raise awareness hunger is a year-around challenge in Idaho.
** details of time of Kick-off at Boise Co-op & Facebook LIVE TBD
Beef Night on the Ice
Sponsored by:Idaho Beef Council
Beef Night on the Ice is a night to celebrate the Beef Counts program while enjoying a Steelheads hockey game! $1.00 from every general ticket sale will be donated to the Beef Counts campaign. Raffle tickets will be sold for a Traeger Grill and a year of beef that the Idaho Beef Council is providing.
Will Act 4 Food
Sponsored by:Daisy's Madhouse Theater
Daisy’s Madhouse Theatre announces “Will Act 4 Food,” a short-play festival to benefit The Idaho Foodbank. This annual event, now in its 8th year, will be held on Saturday, January 28th at 7:30 p.m. at the Boise Little Theater (map here). In 2016, "Will Act 4 Food" raised $4,000 for the statewide hunger-relief organization.