Wine Women & Shoes is right around the corner--coming up on Friday, May 8! And thanks to some very generous donors, we have some amazing live auction lots our lucky guests will be bidding on. And the best part? Every dollar spent at Wine Women & Shoes goes to help a child in need.

 Christmas was made a lot brighter this year for Idaho kids and families, thanks to the many big-hearted people and businesses behind IYR’s annual “Giving Tree” gift drive.

Sharing the Birthday Love with Idaho Kids

One of our generous supporters just came up with a creative, 21st century way to celebrate his birthday—by being philanthropic.

It's here -- IYR's latest issue of The Maverick newsletter! We hope you enjoy reading the success stories made possible by you-- our generous donors, volunteers, community partners, and thrift store customers.

We hope you enjoy this latest issue of The Maverick newsletter! It's full of success stories about lives changed for the better, thanks to you. Whenever you donate funds, volunteer your time, or donate household items to our thrift stores, you are making a real,immediate difference right here in Idaho.

Breaking news about tomorrow night's Wine, Women & Shoes event: we have a venue change! The event has just been moved to The Couer d'Alene Resort because of severe thunderstorm warnings in effect for Thursday. We have to protect our guests and vendors and make sure everyone involved is safely indoors for the entire evening.

The “Go On Idaho” campaign was launched in 2009 by the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation to raise awareness of alarming trends in the state of education in Idaho and to help reverse those trends. The campaign uses a variety of methods, including: adopting and implementing common core standards, expanding advanced opportunities (such as AP and dual credit courses) on high school campuses, and helping students get the best return on the investment of time and tuition.

Only 21 days left until Wine, Women & Shoes in Coeur d'Alene. To see how much fun a fundraising event can be, check out this video from our Boise Wine, Women, and Shoes event in May: http://vimeo.com/95806363

What an amazing event! Boise's first-ever Wine, Women and Shoes fundraising event on May 8 was a resounding success and raised more than $140,000 to help make it possible for Idaho's most vulnerable kids to get the chance for a promising future. http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/05/09/3176944/spotted-wine-women-and-shoes.html

From midnight -11:59pm today a share of every dollar raised by Idaho nonprofits will be matched with funds from the Idaho Gives award pool. In addition, the top five organizations with the most unique donors (nonprofits are divided by size) will receive bonus grants of $3,000, $1,000, $500, $250, and $250 respectively.  Please support Idaho Youth Ranch at http://idahogives.razoo.com/story/Idaho-Youth-Ranch!