Boise student awarded Coast Guard Foundation scholarship
BOISE—The Coast Guard Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to the education and wellness of all Coast Guard members and their families, announced that it awarded 128 new scholarships in 2019. Abigail Babcock, child of USCG Chief Petty Officer Daniel Babcock, was awarded a Coast Guard Foundation Scholarship. From Boise, Babcock will attend College of Western Idaho in the all.
Jesse Tree outreach services now at Boise’s main library
BOISE—Boise Public Library has partnered with Jesse Tree to offer crisis counseling services to households experiencing financial hardship and facing eviction. Each month, Kyle Young, a licensed master social worker from Jesse Tree will be available at the Main Library to discuss their rental assistance program and provide additional resources for achieving long-term stability.
Services are now available on the fourth Tuesday of each month from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Main Library.
“The library offers a myriad of resources to community members who need it most,” said library director, Kevin Booe. “From financial literacy and job skills training to connecting people with organizations like Jesse Tree, part of our mission is to help people create a better quality of life.”
Fork and ÀLAVITA restaurants will donate $5,000 to a nonprofit
BOISE—Fork and ALAVITA Restaurants are accepting “deserving Treasure Valley nonprofit” nominations for a $5,000 donation from their Corkage for Community fund. The fund derives its money from corkage fees at the restaurants.
Nominations, which must be less than 75 words and in the form of a Facebook post, will be accepted on Fork’s Facebook Page (facebook.com/boisefork) until Sunday, Oct. 13. Nominations should include a tag and story “of someone whose life has been enriched or positively affected by the nonprofit.” Nominations are open to board members, staff, ambassadors, or friends.
Fork and ALAVITA staff will review and vote for the winning Treasure Valley nonprofit. The winner will be announced at the end of October.
Past Corkage for Community donation recipients include: Camp Rainbow Gold, Abigail’s Hope, Wish Granters, Project Kids and Meals on Wheels.
Alliance Title branches host 8th annual ‘Closing the Hunger Gap’ food drive
BOISE—This October, Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. is hosting their 8th annual Closing the Hunger Gap food drive. Branches in Boise, Meridian, Eagle and Nampa will collect food and funds to benefit The Idaho Foodbank and its partner agencies.
Non-perishable food and monetary donations will be accepted at the following Alliance Title locations from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, Oct. 1 to October 31:
n C.W. Moore Plaza, 250 S. Fifth St., Ste. 100, Boise
n 9465 W. Emerald, Ste. 160, Boise
n 380 E. Parkcenter Bld., Ste. 100 & Ste. 105, Boise
n El Dorado Business Park, 2965 E. Tarpon Dr., Ste. 180, Meridian
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n 462 E. Shore Dr., Ste. 160, Eagle
n 1005 W. Sanetta St., Nampa
More information is on the website: alliancetitle.com.
Blue Cross of Idaho gives $1 million to Treasure Valley Family YMCA
MERIDIAN— Blue Cross of Idaho donated $1 million to the Treasure Valley Family YMCA for a new center located at the South Meridian YMCA.
The 4,000-square-foot Blue Cross of Idaho THRIVE Center (Together Helping Reach Inclusive Victories Everyday) is a safe play space for families affected by autism and other cognitive and physical differences. The center will welcome children and families of all abilities to experience inclusion, practice social skills and enjoy physical activity.
ISHS seeks artifacts for Idaho women trailblazers
BOISE—Curators at the Idaho State Museum in Boise are asking Idahoans to donate artifacts representing women from the past and present who have made groundbreaking and lasting contributions to Idaho industry, culture, arts and politics.
The Idaho State Museum will launch a new, temporary exhibit featuring trailblazing Idaho women to open in late summer 2020, one hundred years after women won the right to vote. ISHS wants to add the artifacts to its permanent collection.
In addition to women’s suffrage, curators hope to showcase women who have had an impact on Idaho and its citizens more broadly and are seeking items tied to important events in the state’s history, key legislative moments, or movements from the past or present that have reshaped public policy, culture, and attitudes. They are also interested in items that relate to their everyday lives.
In particular, curators are seeking artifacts for the following women:
n Idaho Purce, a Pocatello woman and impactful human rights, civil rights, and HIV/AIDS activist
n Bonnie McCarroll, an early 20th-century cowgirl who changed the face of rodeo
n Irene Wilcox, a professor and pioneer in the field of social welfare
n Abigail Scott Dunaway and Mary Arkwright Hutton, influential suffragists
- Di Bowler, a celebrated ceramicist and water conservation activist
- Women who broke new ground working in mining or timber
- Women who broke new ground working at the Idaho National Laboratory
- Other women who broke new ground in politics, business, art, sports, activism, and other fields
Donating an object “ensures the care and preservation of that object into the future and the sharing of that object with a wide audience.”
People who may have an artifact for the exhibit should reach out to curators by the end of the year by contacting Sarah Phillips at (208) 488-7490 or email at sarah.phillips@ishs.idaho.gov.
