Magic Valley Partnership Grows Programs
Supported by a grant from the ConAgra Foods Foundation, the Foodbank led a year-long collaboration project to assess and address childhood hunger and food insecurity in Twin Falls County. The…
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Innovation To The Rescue
Don Brown, our Food Sourcing field representative, learned that global seed company Seminis was growing onions as part of their seed development process. The resulting crop of top quality onions…
Thank You to our Volunteers
In the last year, we’ve had more than 24,000 volunteers help solve hunger in Idaho. Our volunteers gave more than 58,000 hours to the effort. That’s the equivalent of 28 full-time employees. We’d never be able to do this important work without all of you.
Avoiding The Impossible Decision
Many hungry seniors in Idaho are left with an impossible choice: purchase the healthy food they need to stay healthy or use that money to buy medicine. It’s a situation Millie G., a recipient of The Idaho Foodbank, has experienced.
WinCo, Bank of America Help Launch Million Meals Month
The Idaho Foodbank is utilizing National Nutrition Month to launch “Million Meals in March”, a statewide campaign with a goal of collecting the food and funds for 1,000,000 meals in…
Idaho Steelheads Help Distribute Beef Counts
Members of the Idaho Steelheads joined The Idaho Foodbank and beef producers from the Idaho Beef Council for a special beef distribution in Boise on Thursday, March 16, 2017. The…
Finding Healthy And Affordable Produce
The Idaho Foodbank’s registered dietitian Alexa has some tips about how to make sure you’re getting healthy produce in an affordable way. It all starts with knowing what’s in season….
Boise State Football Player Raises Hunger Awareness
It was a late night in his native San Bernadino when Alexander Mattison, now a Boise State football player, came to learn how important his parents were in keeping his life together.
Giving Back Through Basketball
Boise State basketball player David Wacker is no stranger to hunger. “I went to a public high school right in the north east side of San Antonio and we had people…
Not Ashamed To Ask For Help
When Casey, his wife and son showed up to a recent Foodbank mobile pantry in Boise, he wasn’t shy about sharing his story. For him, there was no shame to being…
The Idaho Foodbank Celebrates Its AmeriCorps VISTAs
The Idaho Foodbank couldn’t do the work it does without the dedicated help of AmeriCorps VISTAs. Each year, these amazing and driven individuals willingly give of their time and effort…
Delta Dental Helps Idahoans During Dental Health Month
February is designated “National Children’s Dental Health Month” by the American Dental Association, and Delta Dental is helping The Idaho Foodbank celebrate. Twice each year, Delta Dental helps encourage dental…