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Jun 2, 2022

Some good Idaho business news

As we reach the halfway mark of 2022, it’s the perfect time to reflect on moments of positivity spread throughout our Idaho community by local businesses. We’ve curated some of (certainly not all) the most notable charitable efforts and celebratory mentions to happen in recent news.  $10K donation granted to WCA by Scentsy Family Foundation The Women and Children’s Alliance (WCA) was [...]

Nov 1, 2019

Happy Day Brands announces initiative to provide over 150,000 meals to Idahoans by the end of 2019

[caption id="attachment_240159" align="alignleft" width="300"] Happy Day Brands is working to end hunger in Idaho. Photo courtesy of Happy Day Brands[/caption] Happy Day Brands will surpass its goal of providing 100,000 meals this year to Idaho families and children in need — and celebrated this accomplishment by setting an even more ambitious goal for 2020: providing more than a quarter-mil[...]

Jun 14, 2019

KeyBank employees pitch in for 29th Annual Neighbors Day

[caption id="attachment_233210" align="alignleft" width="289"] KeyBank employees across the nation volunteered in their communities as a part of the 39th Annual Neighbors Day. Photo courtesy of KeyBank.[/caption] On May 15, over 125 KeyBank Idaho employees volunteered in their communities for the bank's 29th Annual Neighbors Make the Difference Day, a day of community service held across the ba[...]

Jun 3, 2019

Morrison Knudsen Foundation funds Girl Scouts Leadership Center bridge, landscaping

[caption id="attachment_232596" align="alignleft" width="300"] Members of the Morrison Knudsen Foundation and The Girl Scouts of Silver Sage break ground on the new project. Photo courtesy of The Girl Scouts of Silver Sage.[/caption] The Morrison Knudsen Foundation has provided funding to The Girl Scouts of Silver Sage for a 14-foot outdoor bridge and enhanced landscape at The Girl Scouts Leade[...]

May 30, 2019

Meridian Arts Foundation and Deoudes Children’s Foundation award grant to Treasure Valley Children’s Theater

[caption id="attachment_232269" align="alignleft" width="300"] Treasure Valley Children's Theater received grants to improve their new facility in Meridian. Photo courtesy of Treasure Valley Children's Theater.[/caption] The Meridian Arts Foundation has awarded Treasure Valley Children's Theater a $4,513.97 grant to support improvements to the organization’s new facility in Meridian. The th[...]

May 30, 2019

Holland & Hart Foundation volunteers with City of Boise Parks & Rec to maintain Morris Hill Cemetery

[caption id="attachment_232266" align="alignleft" width="300"] Holland & Hart Foundation volunteers worked to maintain the Field of Honor section of the Morris Hill Cemetery on May 18. Photo courtesy of Holland & Hart Foundation.[/caption] Holland & Hart Foundation volunteers participated in a project with City of Boise Parks & Rec to raise and level veterans' grave markers in t[...]

May 2, 2019

D.L. Evans Bank supports Go Red for Women

[caption id="attachment_230671" align="alignleft" width="300"] D.L. Evans employees at the 2019 Boise Go Red for Women Luncheon. Photo courtesy of D.L. Evans Bank.[/caption] D.L. Evans Bank employees supported the local Go Red for Women movement at the 2019 Boise Go Red for Women Luncheon on Apr. 3 at the Boise Centre. The event focused on preventing heart disease by promoting healthy lifestyle[...]

Apr 23, 2019

ISU Chartwells receives food donations from MATTER/General Mills for Benny’s Pantry

[caption id="attachment_230681" align="alignleft" width="300"] Chartwells employees and ISU volunteers sort the donations for Benny's Pantry. Photo courtesy of ISU.[/caption] For the second consecutive year, Chartwells Higher Education at Idaho State University has boxed up hundreds of pounds of food donated by General Mills and the nonprofit organization MATTER to fill the shelves of Benny's P[...]

Apr 23, 2019

Leadership Boise members restore Table Rock mesa

[caption id="attachment_230423" align="alignleft" width="300"] Leadership Boise members work on restoring Table Rock mesa. Photo courtesy of Boise Metro Chamber.[/caption] On Apr. 13, members of the Boise Metro Chamber's Leadership Boise Class of 2020 and the Leadership Boise Academy Class of 2019 participated in a service project at the top of Table Rock mesa. Approximately 70 Leadership Boise[...]

Apr 10, 2019

KeyBank contributes $70k grant to You Lead Idaho! program

[caption id="attachment_230304" align="alignleft" width="300"] KeyBank awarded a $70,000 grant to Trailhead to support its You Lead Idaho! program. Photo courtesy of KeyBank.[/caption] KeyBank has teamed up with Trailhead to teach rural Idaho high school students entrepreneurial skills with the launch of the You Lead Idaho! program. KeyBank awarded Trailhead a $70,000 grant to support the progr[...]

Apr 9, 2019

Zions Bank donates to The Pacific Companies and Idaho Guard & Reserve Family Support Fund

[caption id="attachment_230209" align="alignleft" width="300"] Ebenezer Makinde (center), Zions Bank business payments and technologies senior relationship manager, presents a check to The Pacific Companies. Photo courtesy of Zions Bank.[/caption] Zions Bank presented The Pacific Companies with a revenue share check for more than $232,000 earned through use of its Zions Bank Commercial Card.[...]

Apr 9, 2019

Larry H. Miller Dealerships donates to Discovery Center of Idaho, Reuseum and the Children’s Home Society

[caption id="attachment_230224" align="alignleft" width="300"] (l-r): Kati Morkert-Hermann of LHM Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram Boise, Colbi Twiss of the Children’s Home Society, Jennifer Friedrich of LHM Honda Boise, Anselme Sadiki of the Children’s Home Society, Tom Greene of LHM Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram Boise, Chad Bravender of LHM Honda Boise and Ty Leuthold of LHM Subaru Boise. Photo courtesy of[...]