The High Five Community Transformation Grant helped fund community projects and programs to make Bonners Ferry a healthier community Bonners Ferry, Idaho – Three years of collaboration, learning and working… Read more »
Stories of Impact
Press Release: City of Sandpoint, Community Partners Collaborate to Help Get Children Active, Access Healthy Foods
The High Five Community Transformation Grant helped fund community projects and programs to make Sandpoint a healthier community Sandpoint, Idaho – Three years of collaboration, learning and working yielded a… Read more »
Blue Cross of Idaho and Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health Joint Statement Regarding Racial Injustice
Charlene Maher, President and CEO of Blue Cross of Idaho and Ralph Woodard, Chairman of the Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health issued the following statement. “Our nation is… Read more »
Rolling Tomato: The Nonprofit Working Hard to Connect Excess Food to Those in Need
If there is one thing that depresses farmers and food producers, it is seeing the fruits of their labor wind up in a compost pile, or even worse, a… Read more »
COVID-19 Response Makes Statewide Impact
The Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health acted quickly when the COVID-19 pandemic reached our state. We initiated new investments and began working with other funders and organizations to… Read more »
Now is the Time to Promote Physical Activity
One thing I’ve noticed is that more and more people are out being active since mid-March when COVID-19 impacted our cities and state. Whether it’s walking, running, cycling, hiking,… Read more »
Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force Quickly Responds During COVID-19 Outbreak in Administering its Food Prescription Program
The Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health is helping food insecure diabetics continue to access to fresh fruits and vegetables. COVID-19 has impacted all of us personally and professionally…. Read more »
Can Prescriptions for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Help Diabetics in Idaho?
That’s what we hope to learn by evaluating an innovative program developed by the Idaho Health Relief Task Force Food impacts everyone’s health and is associated with many chronic diseases,… Read more »