Idaho Food Bank fund announces local 2022 grant recipients

Forty-seven nonprofit organizations receive funds to finance projects and services supporting food insecure Idahoans

Boise, ID – The Idaho Food Bank Fund announced two local recipients of their 2022 grants targeted to support nonprofits that provide nutrition awareness, promote healthy eating, and relieve hunger, Our Lady of Good Counsel St. Vincent de Paul $3,500 and Rimrock Community Food Pantry $2,400

Thanks to the generosity of Idaho taxpayers who chose to donate to the Idaho Food Bank Fund, this year 47 other organizations across the state received grants to further their work to solve hunger in Idaho. The grants totaling $233,900 were specifically allocated to help recipients operate programs, purchase food, expand capacity (new freezers, shelving, transportation, etc.), and to promote or provide nutrition education for underserved and marginalized Idahoans.

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