This Community Transformation Grant project will increase access to healthy foods in Orofino The prognosis for the community garden at Orofino Elementary School didn’t look promising in 2021. The school’s… Read more »
Stories of Impact
Community Garden Helps Grow Partnership for Twin Falls Nonprofit Because Kids Grieve
A Memorial Pathway, Play Area and Garden Will Support Kids Who Have Lost a Loved One Twin Falls nonprofit Because Kids Grieve is a support organization that helps children, teens… Read more »
Scholarship Recipient Driven By Passion for Keeping Older People Healthy
College of Idaho junior Patrick Mark sees medical school, owning a medical practice in his future Patrick Mark loved growing up and attending a small, private school and is currently… Read more »
Multiyear Grant Helps Nampa School District Pilot Youth Behavioral Health Programs
The school district is taking an approach that ‘didn’t exist 10 years ago’ to help children learn Youth behavioral health is one of Idaho’s most pressing health issues. The Nampa School… Read more »
Senior Farmers Market Produce Program Launched at Caldwell Farm to Fork Market
The Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health and St. Luke’s Health System each contributed $5,000 to fund a pilot program that will provide senior citizens with free produce… Read more »
School-Located Behavioral Health Services Coming to Six More Idaho Schools
The Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health provides support for schools to implement the Healthy Minds Partnership. Six more Idaho schools are now able to support students with… Read more »
Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health Gift Helps LEAP Housing Solutions Complete $2.1 Million Capital Campaign
The partnership will create affordable housing in Mountain Home and Boise communities The Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health contributed $300,000 to LEAP Housing Solutions that allowed the Boise-based… Read more »
Bike Month is Perfect Time for Cities to Start Planning Pedestrian-Friendly Communities
A Mindset Shift is the First Step toward Making Your City Safe for People to Ride Bikes and Walk May is National Bike Month, which puts a focus on a… Read more »