Get Involved
BackGet Involved

Your support will go toward reducing hunger and improving the lives of struggling working parents, children and seniors.

Learn more about how to Get Involved

Give Time Volunteer!

Thanks to the support of dedicated volunteers, we provide year-round access to nutritious food to Idahoans across the state.

Give Money Donate!

Every $5 given can provide the food for up to 15 meals to Idahoans experiencing hunger.

Support Food & Fund Drives

View listings of current food and fund drives or get information on how to start one.

Shop for a Cause

View businesses that have incorporated an effort to end hunger into the shopping experience.

Give Food & Resources

Help us distribute food from Meridian, Pocatello, and Lewiston to our 440+ community partners statewide.
Our Impact
BackOur Impact

In addition to distributing food through our community partner network, we support hunger-relief and educational programs that promote healthy families and communities.

Learn more about Our Impact

Children

Ensuring children have the nutritious food they need to thrive through accessible and comfortable settings.

Families and Individuals

Providing nutrition security for families and individuals through accessible and respectful assistance at no cost.

Seniors

Improving the health and well-being of seniors age 60+ through providing nutritious food and education.

Rural and Focus Communities

Bringing nutrition and resources to populations with limited or no access to the resources needed to build healthy and thriving individuals and communities.

Health and Nutrition

Making the nutritious choice the easy choice through education, classes, and connections to resources to build the health of individuals, families and communities.

Innovation and Sustainability

Collaborating with community leaders and healthcare organizations to understand neighbor needs to ultimately end hunger.

Get Involved
BackGet Involved

Your support will go toward reducing hunger and improving the lives of struggling working parents, children and seniors.

Learn more about how to Get Involved

Give Time Volunteer!

Thanks to the support of dedicated volunteers, we provide year-round access to nutritious food to Idahoans across the state.

Give Money Donate!

Every $5 given can provide the food for up to 15 meals to Idahoans experiencing hunger.

Support Food & Fund Drives

View listings of current food and fund drives or get information on how to start one.

Shop for a Cause

View businesses that have incorporated an effort to end hunger into the shopping experience.

Give Food & Resources

Help us distribute food from Meridian, Pocatello, and Lewiston to our 440+ community partners statewide.
Our Impact
BackOur Impact

In addition to distributing food through our community partner network, we support hunger-relief and educational programs that promote healthy families and communities.

Learn more about Our Impact

Children

Ensuring children have the nutritious food they need to thrive through accessible and comfortable settings.

Families and Individuals

Providing nutrition security for families and individuals through accessible and respectful assistance at no cost.

Seniors

Improving the health and well-being of seniors age 60+ through providing nutritious food and education.

Rural and Focus Communities

Bringing nutrition and resources to populations with limited or no access to the resources needed to build healthy and thriving individuals and communities.

Health and Nutrition

Making the nutritious choice the easy choice through education, classes, and connections to resources to build the health of individuals, families and communities.

Innovation and Sustainability

Collaborating with community leaders and healthcare organizations to understand neighbor needs to ultimately end hunger.

Events
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Hold a Food or Fund Drive

Thank you for your interest in coordinating a food or fund drive!

Forms and Guides

Food Drive Registration

We are a nonprofit organization and cannot be associated with any sales or marketing efforts for another product. However, some companies or groups have used food drives as a way to encourage people to come to their businesses or gatherings. This marketing practice is within acceptable nonprofit limits and can help increase the proceeds of your drive.

Food Drive Event Registration

Online Fund Drive

Consider holding an Online Fund Drive to compliment your physical food drive. Online fund drives appeal to donors that want to make monetary donations.

Fund Drive Registration

Most Needed Items

The USDA Dietary Guidelines recommends that adults and children regularly consume foods that are high in fiber, vitamins and minerals while low in calories, salt, fat and sugar. See how you can help nourish Idaho’s hungry!

Most Needed Items

Food Drive Barrels

Collection Barrels are available for free to anyone interested in holding a food drive. Your help in picking up the barrel from our warehouse is appreciated but if pickup is not possible, delivery of barrels can be arranged. Barrels are constructed of heavy-duty cardboard and fold flat, so they are easy to transport by car.

Food Drive Barrel Assembly

Food Drive Drop-Off

Please deliver the food to our warehouse and we will help you unload and give you a total weight right away. Deliveries can be made any time Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm. Contact us if you have questions.

MELT Away Hunger at MELTZ!!

Organized By: Meltz Extreme Grilled Cheese

6565 W Fairview Ave
Boise, Idaho 83704
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If you'd like to host an online fund drive with your company logo with a unique URL on The Idaho Foodbanks's website, you will need to supply additional information on another form. IF you are only planning to collect funds at your food drive, do not indicate that you wish to create an online drive.