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.
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.
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…
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…
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….
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.
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…
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 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…
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…
Agriculture leaders from all over north central and north Idaho welcomed The Idaho Foodbank to a special event in January. CHS Primeland Cooperative invited the Foodbank to give a presentation…
Our Registered Dietitian Alexa has shared some great healthy eating tips from our Cooking Matters curriculum. Eating healthy is possible on a budget, even if it may seem difficult. You…
