Challis, ID

Fresh steelhead from the local hatcheries will be available to anyone interested on specific days throughout mid March and April.  Distribution will be arranged by Eastern Idaho Special Services (EISSA) of Salmon, Idaho.  The Challis Food Bank and Helping Hands will Not be handling this so please call Carla Mulkey or Christy at the Salmon EISSA office to get on their distribution list.  The distribution will be here in Challis.  The exact dates are not yet known.  There are no income eligibility limits for the salmon and steelhead distribution.

EISSA’s phone number is 756-3339.

Steelhead distribution will be in March and April.Salmon distribution will occur during the salmon run in July and August.

The Salmon office of Eastern Idaho Special Services (EISSA) will be providing additional food deliveries to Challis on a twice a month schedule. You must contact EISSA to get on their list. They are a separate organization and are not part of the Challis food bank or Helping Hands. Their Salmon phone number is 756-3999. Ask for Carla or Christy. Their food distribution program requires them to ask some questions about your income for determining eligibility.

1.  What is your community’s plan for maintaining a strong community leadership system?

2.  How can your community sustain the changes it has already made in its leadership?

3.  What structural changes have been made in how the community does its work/makes decisions?

4.  What structural changes have been made so that your community leadership sustains partnerships with others?

1. What structures have been changed that will enable your community to address poverty in the long term?

2. How will you monitor and evaluate your community’s progress in reducing poverty?

3. What community resources will be needed to sustain the community plan to reduce poverty?

4. What additional resources would make a difference in your community’s work to reduce poverty?

1. In what ways is your community operating or working differently?

2. In what new or expanded ways are people contributing to your community?

3. How are low income involved?

4. What structures have been created or changed that will help your community?

5. What new partnerships have been created, and what difference have they made for your community?

6. Have you learned anything about how nearby communities like yours are taking action to reduce poverty?

7. Do you see any opportunities to exchange information or combine efforts in this work?

Post #2-November blog questionsJenille wrote on December 5, 2009 at 10:37am 

1. I think more people got involved and ran for local office during the last election.

2. We have a new mayor and several new city council members.

3. I’ve seen tremendous community turnout for events such as the Vision Rally and asking questions about how to improve prosperity in the area.

4. I am not sure if different kinds of people are in leadership positions now because I’ve only lived in Challis a year.

5. We don’t have an extremely diverse demographic profile in Custer county, so I think the leadership is fairly representative of the population. 

Post #2 November Blog questionsJenille wrote on November 18, 2009 at 8:28am 

1. The Family Food Needs has partnered with Helping Hands and now 3500 pounds of food is brought in monthly to help feed 50 local families.

2. Our community formed study circles and committees to determine what actions they felt would have the most impact on all types of poverty in our community.

3. All residents are invited to participate and events are advertised in all available media formats so that we can get information out to everyone that might want to be involved.

4. The Recreation Committee has been meeting with the South Avenue Trail Committee (formerly the Green Belt Committee) to work on the walking path project. The Family Food Needs group has partnered with Helping Hands Food Bank. The Steering Committee recently sent two members to a grant writing seminar that will help our groups apply for grants to continue their work after the “official” end of the Horizons program.

5. Several of our Community Action Teams are important partnerships that help us to reduce poverty: The Farmers Market shows the community what fresh fruit and vegetables can be grown in Challis, the Family Food Needs has partnered with the Helping Hands foodbank, the Resource Guide Team will showcase goods and services available to our residents. Our Movie Theatre team is operated by the youth of Challis and is donating the concession proceeds to a fund to help all students be a part of sports activities and want to team up with Helping Hands.

1. How has your community leadership expanded?

2. What changes have been made in who is now involved in leadership positions?

3. Are more people participating in leadership?

4. Are different kinds of people (representing more sectors or parts of the community) now participating in community leadership?

5. Does the community leadership reflect the community’s demographic profile?