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 »
Stories of Impact
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 »
Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health to Donate $100,000 to COVID-19 Fund
The Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health is donating an initial $100,000 to the COVID-19 Response Fund for Idaho, a new charitable fund that will provide support for low-income,… Read more »
Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health Donates $1.5 Million to University of Idaho
Funding Supports the Vandal Promise Scholarship and Creates the Blue Cross of Idaho Rural Initiative Scholarship to Address the Rural Physician Shortage in Idaho The Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation… Read more »
Evaluation Helps Validate Impact of Community Transformation Grants
When the Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health launched community place-based giving in 2013 through the Community Transformation Grants, we were optimistic that the grants would lead to systems… Read more »
Third-Grade Student Captures Story About Walking With Stanley Mayor
Stanley Mayor Steve Botti was engaged with the students in the Stanley School during the Mayor’s Walking Challenge in October. When he walked with the students, one of them decided… Read more »
Foundation Grantees Report Findings From Rural Health Grants
The Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health awarded $190,000 in grants that support rural Idaho, and each of the grantees presented their findings to the Foundation as their grants… Read more »