Tips From Our Dietitian: Fruit As Snacks
Our dietitian Alexa has shared some great tips for using your late summer fruit as a healthy snack for the summer and the early school year. We all know how…
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Empty Bowls in the Summer A Success!
Thank you to everyone who helped bring Empty Bowls, a favorite community holiday event, to Big Al’s and the Village in July. The final results are in. We were able to…
Charity Navigator Gives Foodbank 4-Star Rating For 8th Consecutive Year
Charity Navigator, the country’s largest independent evaluator of nonprofits, has notified The Idaho Foodbank that it has been awarded an eighth consecutive four-star rating. In the letter to The Idaho Foodbank,…
Volunteer Spotlight: Idaho Central Credit Union
Volunteer groups and the people who spend hours in our warehouses sorting, bagging and preparing food for the individuals in need are some of the most important people in the…
Making It Through Together
When Jennifer found out she was going to be losing her job, she and her husband Rick were already out of savings. With Rick going to grad school and a…
Schweitzer Help Build A Fresh Approach
The campaign to fund A Fresh Approach in North Central Idaho and raise the funds needed to build the new facility in Lewiston received a huge supporter in the month…
New Facility Enables More Education In North Central Idaho
When it came to building the new North Central facility to serve the community including a teaching kitchen was a no-brainer. A key focus of The Idaho Foodbank is nutrition…
Tips From Our Dietitian: Grilling Healthy Food
Warmer weather means it’s time to get out of the kitchen and fire up the barbecue. While grilled foods are packed with flavor, the way you prepare them can have…
PCA Provides 40,000 Boxes For Senior Food
When the Foodbank was in need of boxes to fill with food for seniors in need in June, we were coming up short. With 2,000 food boxes set to go…
Fresh Ideas Are Feeding Hope
Collaboration Works! – Two years ago, The Idaho Foodbank joined with food banks in the Pacific Northwest to develop a collaboration model for the region with three areas of focus…
With Harvest Season Comes A Need For Volunteers
As truckloads of fresh apples, pears, apricots and plums start pouring into our warehouses in Boise, Lewiston and Pocatello, a growing need for volunteers presents a difficult hurdle. Just as…
Foodbank Board Honors Volunteers
All of our volunteers are pretty remarkable! We have volunteers that come in one time for a class project, to volunteers who donate over 600 hours a year! These volunteers…