Where's Lisa? She made her way to Council and Cambridge for the Mayor's Walking Challenge. In Council, she walked with first-year mayor Gabe Wilson and city clerks. In Cambridge, it was great to see Mayor Mark Loveland. Cambridge won the Community Health Champion Award in 2026.

It's Foundation Friday! Health is Built Together: 25 Years of Partnerships. Thank you, Brad Martin, for your dedication to improving and bolstering Idaho's healthcare workforce to help build a healthier Idaho. We appreciate your partnership! Read more: bit.ly/4dJzWF3

Where's Lisa? Walking during the Mayor's Walking Challenge! She, Payette Mayor Ray Wickersham, City Council President Mike Kee (and Rosie), took a walk on the Payette Greenway. Did you know Payette is where the Payette and Snake rivers intersect? We love learning on these walks!

We love seeing mayors walk with students! Pierce Mayor Greg Gerot walked with cadets at Idaho Youth ChalleNGe Academy, an alternative high school for students who have dropped out of high school or are at risk of dropping out. Thanks for walking and promoting physical activity!

This morning felt a little more like fall on our walk with Meridian Mayor Robert Simison. The Mayor's Walking Challenge is in full swing this month with 126 mayors across Idaho walking to promote the importance of physical activity while earning funds for their community!

It's Foundation Friday! Our Mayor's Walking Challenge is happening all across Idaho. Here's a look at some important numbers.

Our 2026 Community Health Academy included nine first-year mayors. We hope the learning collaborative is the start of something special. bit.ly/4xZnKYa

Three members of our team are attending the Philanthropy Northwest conference in Anchorage this week. What a great opportunity to meet with and learn from other nonprofit funders. We look forward to bringing back new ideas that will help us build a healthier Idaho.

We had a great walk today with the City of Sun Valley as part of the Mayor's Walking Challenge. Mayor Hendricks invited city staffers (and his wonderful dogs) to join us on a chamber of commerce day in Sun Valley. Thank you for joining the challenge!

It's Foundation Friday! We are excited that 125 Idaho mayors (out of 197) are registered for the Mayor's Walking Challenge. Our Lisa Bearg walked with Star Mayor Trevor Chadwick and Middleton Mayor, and it was great to see SEVEN mayors in Northern Idaho get together for a walk.

It's October! The annual Mayor's Walking Challenge is underway, and we wish the best of luck to the 123 participating mayors who are walking to share the importance of physical activity and to earn funds for the communities!

Community Health Academy is in the books, but it's just the first chapter. Read more: bit.ly/4xZnKYa

Our Executive Director Courtney Frost provides her monthly video update in Holding Court.

It's Foundation Friday! We wrapped our 2026 Community Health Academy with "Designing Healthy Communities" presentations in McCall and Pocatello with the incomparable Mark Fenton. Nine Idaho cities completed the academy this year, earning grant funding for a project or program!

25 years 💙 44 counties: Clark County We serve all of Idaho, including the least-populated county (pop. 783). We made it to Dubois to meet with the Clark County School District, which has received funds from our Steps for Schools walking challenge. What a great lunch, too!

25 years 💙 44 counties: Bear Lake & Franklin Counties Our 25th year celebration brought us to the beautiful southeast corner of Idaho, where we met with partners at Bear Lake Hospital and the City of Dayton. We toured these wonderful communities. It was dynamite (pun intended)!

25 years 💙 44 counties: Madison County It's always great to spend time with Mayor Merrill and his team in Rexburg. We saw the city's new ice rink, a community garden, and a historic building the city is restoring. It was great to celebrate our 25th anniversary here!

25 years 💙 44 counties: Jefferson County Our partnership with Harwood Elementary in Rigby dates back a few years as the school became a Community School. It was great place to celebrate our 25 years as a health foundation. Here's a video we made together: bit.ly/4yztmc4

25 years 💙 44 counties: Bannock County It's Bengal Wednesday, the perfect time to visit our partners at Idaho State University in Pocatello. We've worked together to help students seeking degrees in health professions as a way to help build our state's healthcare workforce.

25 years 💙 44 counties: Caribou County We visited the City of Grace, a longtime partner that has walked in every Mayor's Walking Challenge since it expanded to Eastern Idaho. Leadership attended our Community Health Academy in 2019. Thanks for helping us build a healthier Idaho!