MIX 106 Cares for Kids Backpack Drive
On August 10th, Mix 106 held the 5th annual Backpack Buddy Drive to benefit The Idaho Foodbank’s Backpack Program. Mix 106 DJs Mike Kasper and Nicole Hanks graciously put in a…
On August 10th, Mix 106 held the 5th annual Backpack Buddy Drive to benefit The Idaho Foodbank’s Backpack Program. Mix 106 DJs Mike Kasper and Nicole Hanks graciously put in a…
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, 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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
More than 230,000 Idahoans, including more than 75,000 children, are food insecure, meaning they live at risk of hunger. More than 1 in 6 Idaho children and about 1 in 7 Idahoans is food insecure.
Our partnership with the LDS Church orchard continues to bear fruit – and now potatoes. We got a great donation of fresh packed Russett Potatoes from the Taylorview facility in Idaho…