Alternate Giving Fair

The COC organizes an annual Alternate Giving Fair, which highlights local charities. All of the participating organizations are from this area and accomplish a tremendous amount for our community. This event provides an avenue to showcase what they do and provide an opportunity for people to help while doing their holiday shopping.

The Giving Fair provides a one-stop opportunity for shoppers to shop with 20 different local charities for holiday “gifts” for their friends, family members, employees, etc. by making donations in their honor to the participating local organizations. Once shoppers select their gifts, attractive holiday cards will be completed with the recipient’s name and some information about the special charity chosen. The card designs were done by local artists. 100% of the funds raised from this event go directly to the charities participating in the fair.

The 6th Annual Holiday Alternate Giving Fair will be held at the Community Outreach Center (301 S. Boulevard) on November 12th and 13th, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm each day.

Groups confirmed to participate at this year’s fair:

• Breaking Boundaries (breakingboundariesidaho.org)
• Community Family Clinic
• Community Outreach Center (ifoutreach.org)
• Emergency Housing Exchange
• FAITH (Family Assistance in Transitional Housing) (faithid.com)
• First Book-Bonneville County (www.firstbook.org/bonnevillecounty)
• FISH (Friends in Service Here)
• FREEMED
• Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council (www.girlscouts-ssc.org)
• Habitat for Humanity (Idaho Falls) (www.idahofallshabitat.org)
• Idaho Falls Community Food Bank
• Idaho Falls Rescue Mission (ifrescuemission.org)
• Idaho Falls School District 91 Education Foundation (www.d91.k12.id.us/educationfoundation)
• Lillian Vallely School
• Idaho Falls Senior Citizens’ Community Center
• Shepherd's Inn (www.shepherdsinn.org)
• Snake River Animal Shelter (snakeriveranimalshelter.org)
• Soup Kitchen
• St. Vincent de Paul Christian Ministries

If you have any questions, please contact Ann Riedesel, Cher Stone, or Bonnie Finlayson.


2010 Gift Fair
2010 Gift Fair Results
2009 Gift Fair
2009 Gift Fair Results
2008 Gift Fair
2008 Gift Fair Results
2007 Gift Fair
2007 Gift Fair Results

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