PIKnik at the Park is here!
Sunday June 28th the Protect Idaho Kids Foundation launched its first PIKnic in the Park feeding children and their families FREE lunches. What a beautiful day it was. Kids and their families were fed, and a good time was had by all. There are nine more weeks of fun and food, so please come and join us.
The program runs each Sunday from 12noon – 2pm until August 30th, and we invite you to join us! To assure that everyone in your family gets a lunch, it is recommended that you register for each Sunday event you wish to attend, or phone (208) 761-5695 and we will register for you. We will prepare extra food, and will make every effort to feed everyone, but if you have not registered we cannot guarantee a lunch will still be available.
Register for one or more PIKniks Click Here.

The program will take place at Ann Morrison Park, 1000 S Americana Blvd, Boise, ID 83706
Enter from the Americana entrance and head east towards the fountain. We are located just off the road on the south side of the fountain.
Each person will be given a pre-packaged lunch consisting of a sandwich, fruit, chips, cookies and a drink. Adults bringing children will also be fed. Lunches can be taken home or eaten at the park as long as local and national social distancing and other Covid-19 regulations are observed.
If you would like to donate to help feed the kids Click Here.
We can also use help with this event. If you would like to volunteer Click here.

PIKnic at the Park funding will go towards providing food for the food insecure children, but we will also be providing very needed income for foster kids and other young adults struggling to gain their independence. I’m sure you are aware of the difficulties food insecure children face and why a day at the park and a free lunch will help them. You may not be as aware of the plight that faces foster children when they "age-out” of foster care.
Being a Guardian Ad Litem I became aware of some of the problems these children face. Some of the sad statistics are:

• • One in four will not graduate from high school or be able to pass their GED.
• • Fewer than 4% will earn a college degree at any point in their life.
• • 7 out of 10 girls will become pregnant before the age of 21.

Within a few years of leaving foster care:

• • One fourth will have endured some period of homelessness.
• • Almost two-thirds have not maintained employment for a year.
• • Four out to ten have become parents.
• • Not even one in five is completely self-supporting.
• • One in four males and one in ten females have spent time in jail.

To assist with this, we chose to prepare the food for PIKnic at the Park at Life’s Kitchen and hire their staff which consists of many foster children to do the food preparation. This offers them some needed income at this difficult time. The more we raise in funding the more Life’s Kitchen kids we can hire. The PIKnics do double duty, they feed food insecure kids, and they help young adults struggling to find their self-sufficiency. PLEASE HELP, your donation will be GREATLY APPRECIATED. I thank you, and the kids thank you.
-Bruce Wingate