Community rallies to support struggling families this winter
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The following is a news release from the Idaho Falls Community Food Basket.
IDAHO FALLS — The Community Food Basket is excited to share the final results of its 5th Annual Community Food Drive effort.
Throughout the month of October, the Community Food Basket’s largest food drive of the year takes place with a goal of collecting 100,000 lbs of food to support local struggling families through the holiday and cold winter months.
Partnering with the community, Just Serve, Melaleuca, the Scouts, local grocers, and local businesses, volunteers, and local media every year is critical to ensuring struggling families are able to have access to emergency food during crisis.
Community Food Basket is overjoyed to announce the end result of this year’s community-driven effort to feed the hungry.
- Total Food Collected: 81,959 lbs of food
- Total Funds (multiplied by CFB’s ability to stretch every dollar) to Food: 47,238 lbs
- Total Food for the Holiday and Winter Months: 129,127 lbs
An enormous thank you and well done goes out to everyone who helped make this possible. The Community Food Basket is grateful beyond words and measure.