We couldn't do it without you!

Thank You to all the amazing and dedicated people in our community who have shared their time and energy, made food or other in-kind donations, or honored us with a gift of any size.


In your honor we are hosting the 2nd annual 
Harvest of Hope Celebration!

With your support, we are able to offer fresh, healthy food to the most vulnerable members of our community. Without it, who can tell what our hungry, often desperate, local children and adults would do. Blaine County is an exceptionally beautiful and rewarding place to live, if you have a roof over your head and food in your refrigerator.

For those who are at-risk of losing the roof over their heads, there is no homeless shelter.  For those who do not have enough to eat, if it were not for The Hunger Coalition, there is little in terms of resources to keep them healthy and nourished.

Being a Volunteer at The Hunger Coalition IS:

• Nurturing plants and harvesting fresh produce at The Hope Garden 
• Sorting and organizing thousands of pounds of food donations at the Food Bank Warehouse 
• Distributing essential groceries to local families facing hunger at the Mobile Food Bank 
• Preparing and delivering bags of food weekly during the school year for the Backpack Club. 

        . . . . .  And so Much More!

Being a Volunteer at The Hunger Coalition MEANS:

• Children can go to bed with full bellies instead of rumbling hungry ones.
• Worried parents and grandparents can breathe a little easier knowing at least their children or grandchildren are getting enough to eat.   
• A single Dad doesn't have to choose between keeping a roof over his family's head or buying groceries.

YOUR SUPPORT AND GENEROSITY MAKES THIS POSSIBLE!

Are you a Hunger Coalition Volunteer?   We invite you to SHARE your experience with us.

Would you like to be a Hunger Coalition Volunteer?  Please email us or call us at 788-0121 and learn more!

A Remarkable Opportunity

Thank you, first and foremost, to everyone at Walmart for contributing so much to the health and well being of our entire state!

It is a great honor to have been selected as one of five Idaho non-profit organizations for the Walmart Foundation's Associate Choice Program. The opportunity to be awarded $100,000 is truly remarkable in that it represents nearly a quarter of our entire budget.

We invite you to imagine what this award could mean . . .

To the families and individuals without enough to eat, without hope, and struggling every day to make ends meet.
To the kids whose lives are unstable and uncertain and who often go to bed with empty bellies and wake up to little or no breakfast.
To the parents who have lost their job, their home, their pride and still cannot pay the bills and keep their family safe.

Now we would like to share a few of the things this award will do:

• Put a bag of easy-to-prepare meals and snacks into the hands of hungry kids on the weekends during the school year.
  

• Put fresh, healthy food on the tables of hungry families and individuals.

• Feed hungry children free hot meals during the summertime.

• Provide hours of computer training, job skill development, and mentoring.

• Offer classes and workshops teaching people how to eat better and save money.
  

And so much more!

We invite you to learn more by visiting www.thehungercoalition.org.

The Walmart Foundation is committed to helping these people by making sure they have wholesome food on their tables. The Hunger Coalition is dedicated to making sure those in need have healthy food to eat and the necessary support services to get them back on their feet.

By participating in the Associate Choice Program, you are showing you care and are willing to do something to help your neighbors in need. Thank You!



We encourage you to reach into your heart and believe that people in need of basic nutrition deserve your vote. I WANT TO VOTE FOR THE HUNGER COALITION!

Whether the money is awarded to The Hunger Coalition or one of the four other worthy, invaluable organizations selected, we are grateful to you, and everyone at Walmart for playing such an important role in the health and happiness of everyone in the State of Idaho.

Together we can make a difference!

Buy A Bowl. Feed A Family.

Buy A Bowl and Feed A Family.
Simple. All you need is $20 and the desire to make a difference.

• Come to the Church of the Big Wood this Sunday from 12 - 2pm.
  

• Pick out an "Empty Bowl"(see photo & description below)
  

• Fill your "Empty Bowl"with fresh salads, tasty soups & chili donated by local restaurants & caterers. Lunch comes with fresh bread, dessert, & beverages.
  

• Enjoy your lunch! Visit with Friends! Make A Difference!
  

Did you know: Every $20 "Empty Bowl"puts wholesome, necessary, welcome food on the tables of local families and individuals who are struggling with bills and cannot afford groceries.

Did you know: By simply buying an "Empty Bowl", you will help to ensure kids across the Wood River Valley are going to bed with full bellies and Mom & Dads are coping a little better.

Did you know: $20 is the equivalent of 4 fancy coffee drinks, two tickets to the movies and a popcorn, or an extra large pizza.

Did you know: With $20 The Hunger Coalition can offer enough food for a single parent with 2 children to eat more than one dozen nourishing, welcome meals.

Buy A Bowl. Eat Lunch. Feed the Hungry. It doesn't get any simpler than this.

What is an "Empty Bowl": One of 200 beautiful, unique works of art created by professional, amateur and student artisans from around the community at Boulder Mountain Clayworks specifically for this event.

Call The Hunger Coalition 788-0121 for details
Visit www.thehungercoalition.org for more information.

Share The Joy

Share The Joy!

This Holiday Season, give something more meaningful or powerful than anything that can fit into a box and tied up with a pretty bow . . .

Join local businesses, schools, churches, and families in their efforts to make giving a little easier, and a lot more meaningful, this year:

• Albertson's Market ~ The Giving Tree. Select an ornament from The Giving Tree and present it to the cashier at check out. Your purchase makes a donation equal to a 64 oz. bottle of apple juice. Proceeds go towards the purchase of wholesome food for the hungry in our community.

Wood River Middle School ~ Blue Team Bowl Sale. Seventh Grade students at WRMS will be selling hand painted ceramic bowls at a special Art Walk on Friday December 17th from 8:30 - 10am. All proceeds benefit The Hunger Coalition. Suggested minimum purchase price is $15. GO WOLVERINES!

• Hailey Yoga ~ Winter Sun Solstice Celebration. Tener Rogers invites you to a Magical Yoga and Live Music Experience on Sunday, December 19th from 5 - 7 pm. Celebrate the return of the sun and your own brilliant inner light while giving hope, and wholesome food, to families trying hard to make ends meet this holiday season.

• Food Drives ~ Donate Non-Perishable Food. Food donations are an essential part of providing wholesome food to the families in our community facing hunger. You can make a huge difference in the health and well being of children and their parents during challenging times, times when they most need good nutrition.

Look for Yellow Collection Bins or Food Donation Boxes
at the following locations this holiday season: The Community School, Wood River YMCA, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church, Power Engineers, and Wood River Fire & Rescue.

We invite you to Share The Joy this holiday season ~ Give.

Learn more about our Share the Joy Campaign and make a difference in the lives of others.

Holiday Fun with a Cause

Join Deborah Moon of Silpada Jewelry Designs and Lindy Stark of The BrickHouse
for a special evening

Tuesday, November 23rd from 5:30 - 8pm
The BrickHouse in Bellevue

Happy hour prices through 8pm, special appetizers, and beautiful sterling silver jewelry!

Proceeds benefit The Hunger Coalition

Do a little Christmas shopping, enjoy a special evening with friends and raise vital funds for the local individuals and families needing a little help this Holiday season. For more information, please contact Deborah Moon at 721-1686.

Speaking Out and About The Hungry

The Hunger Project is shedding some interesting light on what it means to be hungry in Blaine County.

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

Wednesday November 17th from 6 -7 pm

at The Light on the Mountains Spiritual Center

Local individuals and families participating in The Hunger Project will personally tell their stories, relate their experiences, and help us all to understand what a person must endure when they are in need of help here in our community.

Staff and Volunteers from The Hunger Coalition will be present to answer questions and address issues related to hunger and the provision of food assistance.

If you really care about this community, and the people in it. You should be there too.

The Hunger Project Public Forum
12446 Hwy 75, just north of the Sawtooth Botanical Garden
Wed., Nov.17 6 - 7pm

Would You Become A Client?

During the month of October, local families and individuals voluntarily became clients.

Why?

• Is it just to feel hungry? No
• Is it about understanding the need? Yes.
• Is it about learning what it's like to ration your food? Yes.
  

It is the realization that not everyone has the ability to walk into the grocery store and buy what they need to feed their children and themselves.

THE HUNGER PROJECT

Brought to you by The Hunger Coalition

Read about the intense personal experiences from local families and individuals as they step into the shoes of those in our community who are facing hunger, need to ask for help, and see what it is like to live quite close tot he edge, for an entire week.

Comment, ask questions, and engage participants in discussion at

The Hunger Project Public Forum

Wednesday, November 17th
6 - 7 pm
The Light on the Mountains Spiritual Center
click here for map


WATCH for a special feature article about THE HUNGER PROJECT brought to you by writer/participant Dana Plasse in the November 17 issue of the Idaho Mountain Express