It's that turkey time of the year! Come join Barrie's Ski & Sports for their 15th annual Cranksgiving event. To meet the increased need for assistance in Bannock county, we are asking for your support to help us gather turkeys to be distributed at the Bannock County Thanksgiving food box distribution. Turkeys and monetary donations can be dropped off at Barrie's Ski & Sports, the Idaho Foodbank, and any Pocatello ICCU branch. All donations will need to be made by 10:00am November 19th.

Want to continue the fun? Grab your bike and meet us at 10:00am at Barrie's Ski and Sports on Saturday, November 19th as we peddle the remaining precious proteins to the food bank warehouse.

For more information you can contact the Pocatello branch at 208-233-8811.

Help Support the Idaho Foodbank! For every vehicle sold through January, a $50 donation will go to the Idaho Foodbank.

The Pocatello Police Department has launched its 4th annual “Give the Cops a Bird” turkey drive. All proceeds go directly to the local Idaho Foodbank to help feed the hungry in our community. Frozen turkeys and monetary donations will be accepted through Friday, November 18th at the Pocatello Police Department (lobby). Since turkeys may be hard to come by this year, any frozen holiday meat will also be accepted.

If you’re interested in making a monetary donation, make checks payable to the “Pocatello FOP Union.” PPD also has a Venmo account available for donations: @Portneuf-Valley-Lodge. Financial donations can also be dropped off at the Pocatello Police Department.

Don’t miss your chance to “Give the Cops a Bird” and help us help the community.

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Copy over the same event description we used last year except that for a $5000 donation (which is what they are giving us) they will provide the food for 20,000 meals instead of 25,000 which is what I think it was last year. Albertsons is still a partner in this event so hopefully whatever you find from previous years will mention that. Please let me know if you can't find what you need.

idahofoodbank.org

Maverik will invite customers to round up their cash and debit/credit transaction to the nearest dollar at the register across all Maverik stores in 12 western states. The Idaho Foodbank will receive 90% of the donations made in Idaho and Feeding America (the parent organization of the network of foodbanks we belong to) will receive 10%.

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The Monster Mile and Freaky 5k are returning to an in-person event and will be sponsored on the Micron campus for the very first time on Saturday, October 29th from 3:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Micron team members will have the opportunity to participate in the run or volunteer to support the event. This spooky occasion will be an opportunity to showcase Micron Recreation Area enhancements to Micron families and the greater Boise community. There will also be collection bins to donate non-perishable foods to The Idaho Foodbank.

The Start/Finish will be within the Recreation Area Parking Lot, with check-in at the Gazebo. The courses themselves will largely be located on the Micron Greenbelt and along the Federal Way sidewalk. Participants are invited to wear costumes, neon or florescent clothing to light up the night!

The first 200 team members to register will receive a 25% discount, good for up to 4 individuals (family or friends). For more information on the event please sign up via this link – YMCA Halloween Run. Use code, micron25 (all lower case) for registration.

All events occur within the Micron Recreation Area

Packet Pick-up: Begins at 3:00 PM
Trunk R Treat: Begins at 3:30PM
Monster Mile Start Time: 4:30 PM
Freaky 5K Start Time: 5:30 PM

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**I could use some help on this since I'm not quite sure if they will need to click on links to see the drop off locations and preferred food items etc. or if they will just be present in the page.**

Saturday, October 22nd, the Grand Teton Council's Boy Scouts will once again be holding their Scouting for Food Drive to help support the Pocatello branch of the Idaho Foodbank. There will be various food drop off locations in the surrounding areas for the Scouts to help collect food. If you would like to join in their cause please click on the link for a list off drop off locations near you.

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The Ada County CROP Hunger Walk invites you to celebrate by walking together on October 19th. Walkers will sign up online and gather at Julia Davis Park, Shelter # 2 (shelter by the band shell) at 2:30 pm for registration and begin the walk at 3 pm. 25% of funds raised by walking teams will benefit The Idaho Foodbank with the rest supporting Church World Service. You can either participate in a 3.4 mile walk, which represents the average distance people around the world have to walk to have access to clean water, or a 1 mile walk.

crophungerwalk.org

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This event won't be advertised. We will want to thank supporters on social media after the campaign is complete.