Here are some of the highlights from our first year under our new name

	The Salvation Army has been helping needy Treasure Valley families since before Idaho obtained her statehood. TSA is a long-standing community partner of our Foundation
	*Dress A Child Program* This program brings the joy of "never used" school clothing to elementary school aged children whose families cannot afford to buy clothes for school. Volunteer shoppers help the kids pick out clothing at JC Penney who provides huge discounts.

Boise Legacy Constructors Foundation was pleased to be able to support The Salvation Army by partnering with their organization to help bring several events to the Boise Community designed to raise recognition about the variety of programs and services that The Salvation Army provides to our community. The 20th Annual Spaghetti Feed was one of those community events held last fall at the Booth Memorial Campus. Proceeds helped to fund the Marian Pritchett High School and Booth Memorial Daycare. From the first baby born in 1921 at The Salvation Army booth memorial Campus until the present day, the need for a loving, non-judgmental learning and caring environment for pregnant and parenting girls has not changed. Marian Pritchett High School provides support, care and hope for pregnant and parenting teens. The school offers accredited classes for grades 7-12 taught by Boise Independent School District teachers. Services at Booth include: prenatal and postnatal care, family planning, parenting classes, crisis intervention, vocational counseling, aptitude testing and an infant child care learning lab. Over 90% of the young women at Booth Memorial graduate with a high school diploma and over 86% go on to further their post-secondary education goals after graduation.

The Booth Memorial Child Care Center is a unique program set up for the sole purpose of providing a nurturing learning environment and classroom setting for students who are currently attending Marian Pritchett School. Students enrolled in the infant child care lab learn how to care for babies and toddlers through such things as charting feedings, proper diaper changes, age appropriate activities, and research assignments.

The Salvation Army Provides Assistance to Boise's Neediest Families

Boise Legacy Constructors Foundation also helped to fund The Salvation Army’s Thanksgiving and Christmas Programs. The Salvation Army provides holiday programs that provide assistance to families. This year’s holiday assistance was expected to help over 8,000 needy individuals. Families receive help for new toys and clothing for their children through Adopt-A-Family and Dress-A-Child as well as Christmas and Thanksgiving food.

We are pleased to share in The Salvation Army’s commitment of helping to keep families strong 365 days a year by promoting programs and projects that bring the basic necessities such as food, clothing, energy assistance and shelter to those most in need in our community.

Go to the following link to learn more about assistance provided at The Salvation Army: www.salvationarmytv.org

<-- Catch Me If You
Can race participants

(Below left) Comedian, Trevor
Hattabaugh provided
entertainment

(Below right)
Everyone enjoyed
Ben & Jerry's
ice cream & Lilly
Jane cupcakes

Boise Legacy Constructors Foundation had the privilege of being the presenting sponsor for this year’s third annual ‘Catch me If You Can 5K Run/Walk’ event held on Sunday, October 11th at Julia Davis Park. CATCH is an acronym for Charitable Assistance To Community’s Homeless. This program exemplifies our foundation’s dedication to funding organizations that define the priorities in our mission statement and matches our high standards for programs and partnerships that foster diversity, demonstrate accountability, and have a positive impact on our community. CATCH is a community, collaborative effort, administrated by the City of Boise, and designed to assist homeless families with children. This effort is sponsored by local businesses, local communities of faith, local charitable organizations, and the City of Boise. CATCH is a program which provides housing first, and then coordinates social services and case management to address the issues which contributed to the episode of family homelessness. All proceeds from Catch Me If You Can go directly to benefit participating CATCH families. Proceeds from this year’s were $5,300—what a difference that made for those in need in our community!

This year’s family-friendly event featured a 3.1 mile run/walk along the scenic Boise River Greenbelt through Julia Davis and Ann Morrison Parks. At race end the participants were entertained by 12-year-old stand-up comedian, Trevor Hattabaugh, and were treated to Lilly Jane’s gourmet cupcakes and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Programs and projects that benefit the public at large by unifying the community, solving problems, and enhancing the quality of life with social activities are important to building good neighborhoods. Our foundation has been hard at work building better communities by enhancing the quality of life for others since 1947. How wonderful it is that, thanks to innovative partnerships among our local charitable community, like CATCH, our funding options that help us accomplish the goals in our mission statement just keep growing.

To find out more about the C.A.T.C.H. Program go to the following webite:

http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/PDS/CATCH/index.aspx

Boise Legacy Constructors Foundation Mayor's Mile for Everyone!

Boise Legacy Constructors Foundation was pleased to be a sponsor of the Main Street Mile's major fundraising event, "A Mile for Men's Health." This annual entertaining family-oriented walk and run race event was held in downtown Boise on June 26th. Proceeds from the week-long festivities go to help promote prostate cancer awareness, education and provide free screenings to the men of the Treasure Valley. Boise Legacy Constructors Mayor’s Mile for Everyone invited folks to join us and Boise Mayor Dave Beiter in this just for fun, noncompetitive run, walk and stroll for all ages. What a great way to spend a family-friendly summer evening in downtown Boise while helping to fight prostate cancer. The mission of the Main Street Mile is to eradicate prostate cancer as a life threatening disease by advancing awareness, education and screenings. Funding from this organization and local volunteer medical professionals provided free prostrate screenings to men over 40 at several Treasure Valley locations. For more information about their organization, check out their website: http://www.mainstreetmile.org

Life's Kitchen welcomed Chef Jones to Boise for the Soul Food Extravaganza



CHEF JONES AT LIFE'S KITCHEN

Boise Legacy Constructors Foundation was pleased to be among the sponsors of the 17th annual Soul Food Extravaganza. The Extravaganza is held each summer at Julia Davis Park. The Soul Food Extravaganza's gift of food and entertainment to the community was attended by well over 15,000 people admitted free of charge. Each year the board of the Soul Food Extravaganza chooses a beneficiary for the profits from food purchases made by attendees at the event. This year’s recipient was the International Rescue Committee, a non-profit organization providing resettlement assistance to Boise’s newest Americans, refugees from camps all over the world. The foundation sponsored Chef Keith Jones, the author of Cooking Up Your Dreams: The beginning of one man’s journey from cooking TV dinners to cooking dinners on TV.” He is also creator and star of “EATertainment” a TV show about healthy eating at its finest. In addition to performing his techniques on stage at the Soul Food Extravaganza, Chef Jones met with students at Life’s Kitchen (a non-profit, culinary education program for at-risk youth) while in Boise to teach them how to make a shrimp and scallop brochette while he shared life-changing events with them that motivated his journey from childhood in Detroit cooking along side his mother, a factory worker raising her children as a single parent to making the most of opportunities presented through his career influenced by experience as executive chef for some world-renown corporations. The Chef left his message that “you can do it too!” with the students. Chef Jones also entertained the kids at the Boys and Girls Club in Garden City with a fun demonstration about healthy eating choices—making good nutrition easy and trying new foods seem a little less scary.

For more information about the organizations mentioned in our article, try the following websites:

Soul Food Extravaganza http://www.boisesoulfoodfestival.com/

Life’s Kitchen http://www.lifeskitchen.org/

Boys and Girls Club http://www.bgclubidaho.org/

Chef Keith Jones http://www.chefkdj.com/

A terrible accident, left Lisa
confined to a wheel chair and
suffering from seizures that occur
frequently. She currently has a service
dog that can predict those seizures
before they occur and when alerted,
can bring her the medication she
needs. However, this faithful companion
has reached “retirement age,” has
disabilities of her own now, and is no
longer able to perform her most helpful
functions. With her limited income,
Lisa was unable to afford a trained
replacement dog, but was given a
two-month-old chocolate Labrador
Retriever named Coco. Assistance
from Boise Legacy Constructors
Foundation and special pricing from
the dog trainer will provide Coco’s
basic training so that Lisa can work
with Coco under direction of the trainer
on a less frequent basis. This will mean
that with the help of her new service
dog, Lisa will be able to continue the
independent lifestyle that she now
enjoys. Lisa is returning to college this
fall and Coco will be a valuable asset to
her on campus—together they will meet
their career goals as they finish their education.

Lisa was referred to the Foundation
by LINC (Living Independence Network
Corporation), a non-profit organization
empowering people with disabilities to
achieve their desired level of indepen-dence. LINC promotes personal growth
and freedom of choice through advocacy,
networking, public awareness and
modification of environments.

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For more information about LINC, go to their website at: http://www.lincidaho.org/