Birthright began saving lives and mothers from abortion when it was started over 50 years ago by Louise Summerhill, a Catholic stay at home busy housewife and mother of seven children. Louise felt called by God to do something to help girls and women facing unplanned pregnancies. From that yes, Birthright became an international pregnancy support center with over 200 centers in Canada, US (with 3 in Idaho) and Africa. Birthright is committed to providing confidential, non-judgmental support to any woman who is pregnant or thinks she might be pregnant. We are a charitable organization that relies on volunteers and the generosity of donations to offer a listening ear, practical solutions, referrals, free pregnancy tests and the material aid of baby and maternity clothes to those needing these services. After over 40 years of serving others, Birthright of Boise, is moving our office to Meridian and will open December 1st at 1530 W. State St., Ste A. Please check us out at https://www.birthright.org or https://www.birthrightofboise.com for more information or to donate.

Mary’s Meals

$21 feeds a hungry child one meal per day for the entire school year in their place of learning.

Mary’s Meals is named after Our Blessed Mother. Mary’s Meals is a simple idea…they provide one meal per day for hungry children at a place of learning. This keeps kids coming to school. They started in 2002 feeding 200 hungry children in Malawi, and today they feed 2.2 million children every day in 20 countries across four continents. A problem in the developing world is that hungry children don’t regularly attend school. We know that the promise of a daily meal in school makes a huge difference to children living in poverty – addressing their immediate hunger but also giving them energy to learn and hope for a better future.

MARY’S MEALS is always a partnership between MARY’S MEALS and the community –MARY’S MEALS provides the food, but the community has to grow and care for a simple garden to supplement the meals, build a kitchen (which MARY’S MEALS outfits) and provide volunteers to cook and serve the food. It energizes and motivates the community to value education. MARY’S MEALS is a simple idea that works. They provide school meals to help hungry children to gain an education which could be a ladder out of poverty.

MARY’S MEALS is an efficient charity with over 93% of funds raised going directly to the mission of feeding hungry children in a place of learning. If you were to donate $21 to MARY’S MEALS you could feed a child one meal a day for a year in their place of learning.

As Mother Theresa and St. Therese of Lisieux advocated: Little acts of love can make a big impact in the world. Today there are 61 million children in the world who miss school because of poverty and hunger. There is much more to do.

If you want to learn more go to marysmeal.org. Or go to youtube and look for a short video called Child 31 to see what MARY’S MEALS is doing in the world.

Church Builders Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Idaho non-profit that was founded on January 1, 2016. Our mission is to Build the Kingdom of Heaven by showing the love of Christ through small acts of charity around the world. Church Builders has a variety of projects with two orphanages supported in Uganda, four Catholic schools supported in Mozambique, Pakistan, and Uganda. We promote health and hygiene with a water and wastewater project at Saint John’s Hospital in Tanzania, clean water projects in Uganda and Northern Nigeria, and a new project in Uganda called Evelyn’s Memorial Health Center. Church Builders also has an Indigent Medical Trust Fund in Tanzania. Locally, Church Builders co-sponsored, along with the Marriage and Family Life Office of the Dioceses of Boise, a marriage retreat. Our local parish work also includes restoring an iconic bell tower at Saint Bridget’s in Nyssa Oregon and helping with the design plans for the reliquary at Our Lady of the Rosary. Church Builders has been providing large saint banners at most all of the local Catholic Conferences which brings to life visually our great Communion of Saints. To learn more about Church Builders, you can visit our website at www.ChurchBuilders.us or connect with us on Facebook at www.FaceBook.com/ChurchBuilders.us

The goal of Corpus Christi House is to ease the burden of homelessness.  We do this by providing some of the dignities of life: showers, bathrooms, clothing, laundry, hygiene products, a cup of coffee, and other forms of hospitality. We also provide some financial help in getting a state ID, prescription assistance, and other small financial pieces that help make someone’s life just a bit easier.

Other needs include hygiene products/items; socks, underwear, coats, belts, and backpacks. More information is available at corpuschristiboise.org

Jesse Tree provides a hand up to people experiencing a financial crisis, empowering them to remain in their homes. This year has been challenging for many people and our services are being requested more and more often.Your donation would be directly applied towards paying the rent for people who are experiencing an unanticipated financial hardship. Together, we can prevent eviction and homeless, and keep our neighbors in their homes. Read more about this charity at Jessetreeidaho.org

The Mission of Salt &Light Catholic Radio is to evangelize and teach, through multimedia communications, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, with the fullness of Truth of the Catholic Church. We strive to be Salt & Light (Mt 5: 13-16) to all - to promote and build up Christ's body, the Church.

One of the greatest needs Salt &Light Radio currently has is to keep the station broadcasting the message of hope Christ's Gospel brings to our listeners. Our listening audience is estimated at more than 10,0000 households. Many of these households are elderly, high-risk or home bound individuals. Salt &Light Radio broadcasts, from daily Mass, the Holy Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet, offer a lifeline of support and connection to the broader Catholic Community. https://www.saltandlightradio.com/

St. Vincent DePaul has a primary focus on Programs that address unique community needs, that help a large contingent of poor and needy, and are scalable to meet a growing community. Through our Home Visit Program, Thrift Stores, Back to Work Program, Re-Entry Program and more, we feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless, provide opportunities for families and our citizens returning from prison. A full description of their programs can be found at https://svdpid.org/

The Sacred Heart Angel Fund was established to help give as many children as possible a quality Catholic school education. Since 2008, the Sacred Heart Angel Fund has provided tuition assistance awards to families with demonstrated need. Through the generosity of supporters of Sacred Heart School and the Father Riffle Scholarship Fund, it has made it possible for children and their families to be part of the Sacred Heart School educational community and to experience the gift of Catholic education.

For more information see https://sacredheartboise.com/donate/