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

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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.

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August 16, 2016
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Thank You to our AmeriCorps VISTA Members!

VISTA

The Idaho Foodbank would like to say thank you to our current group of AmeriCorps VISTA members. They have successfully completed a one year term of service here at The Idaho Foodbank, working with various departments to expand our capability to address food insecurity in Idaho. The current group of VISTAs focused on senior and child hunger issues, agency relations, expanding opportunities for outreach with healthcare partners, and working with volunteers.

We are deeply grateful to all the AmeriCorps VISTAs for dedicating a year to community service and volunteerism in Idaho.

AmeriCorps VISTA is a federal government program, sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service. President Lyndon Johnson created the VISTA program in the 1960s under as the domestic version of the Peace Corps. VISTA members serve a one year term of service focusing on projects which build community programs and poverty relief. On October 7^th, 2016 AmeriCorps VISTAs will celebrate the one millionth member entering service to get things done for America.

VISTA Group

Pictured (from L to R): Kayla Ludwigson, AmeriCorps Program Officer for Idaho; Kimberly Empey, AmeriCorps VISTA member; Casey McGee, AmeriCorps VISTA member; Anne Blake, AmeriCorps VISTA member; Lauren Myers, AmeriCorps VISTA member; Les Connors, AmeriCorps VISTA Leader; April Durrant, AmeriCorps State Director for Idaho.

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