Archive for the ‘Special Events’ Category

02/23/10 - Idaho Potato Commission Donates $20,000 to Feed My Starving Children To Help Send 230,000 Meals to Haiti

EAGLE, ID, February 23, 2010 – The Idaho Potato Commission announced today that it will donate $20,000 to the Feed My Starving Children organization to help assemble and distribute 230,000 Manna Pack™-Potato meals to Haitian citizens.

Filed Under: Consumer, Special Events

02/22/10 - Idaho® Potatoes Support Haiti

Kick-off event to help rally support and raise funds to send 230,000 Manna Pack™-Potato meals to Haiti. The Manna Pack™-Potato MobilePack™-Potato event will take place in Boise in August.

Filed Under: Consumer, Special Events

02/08/10 - Show Your Love for Spuds in February AKA Potato Lover’s Month

EAGLE, ID, February 1, 2010 – What’s better than celebrating love in February? … celebrating your love for potatoes!

Filed Under: Consumer, Denise Austin, Potato Lover's Month, Special Events

01/25/10 - Idaho Potato Commission Launches “Watching Waistlines & Wallets” Recipe Contest

EAGLE, ID, January 25, 2010 – Calling all cooks: If you have a flair for preparing healthful fare, now is your time to shine.

Filed Under: Consumer, Denise Austin, Special Events

12/22/09 - Idaho® Potato Commission Awards $10,000 to High School Student Who Wins Harvest Game Sweepstakes

EAGLE, ID, December 22, 2009 – When Reid Wiebler (age 14) of Davenport, IA played the Idaho Potato Commission’s (IPC) harvest game in late September he never dreamed that he would be the Grand Prize Winner and take home $10,000 — $5,000 for himself and $5,000 for his own school, Assumption Catholic High School also in Davenport.

Filed Under: Consumer, Special Events