2025 Bitterroot Blessing Baskets

Our 3rd Annual Bitterroot Blessing Baskets event was a true Bitterroot community win. With generous donations from community members, local businesses, and real estate agents across the valley, we packed and distributed more than 120 complete Thanksgiving meal baskets to local households who needed extra support this season.

We were honored to work with local organizations who picked up baskets and delivered them to the families they serve: Valley Veterans Services, Ravalli County Council on Aging, WIC Program, Loads of Dignity, SAFE in the Bitterroot, Emma’s House, and Ravalli County School District families and children. Thank you for the work you do all year long.

A heartfelt thank you to the local businesses who helped make these full meal baskets possible:
Big Horn Builders, Trail West Bank, Salon 21, Happy Jammer Farm, Gifts by Samantha Jo, Mountain Air Massage, Cameron Home Inspections, Wildflower Confections, Flying S Title and Escrow in Hamilton, Annette Watkins with NEXA Mortgage, plus numerous donations from real estate agents across the valley.

We are also grateful to the Bitter Root Humane Association for providing dog and cat food bags, because pets deserve a Thanksgiving meal too.

Flying S Title and Escrow hosted the event space for the third year in a row, and their staff jumped in right alongside our agents to make the night run smoothly. A big thank you as well to every volunteer who helped pack, sort, and load baskets, including our agents and staff, Flying S team members, and six outstanding Corvallis High School Interact Club students.

This event keeps growing because this valley shows up for its neighbors. From all of us, thank you for helping make Thanksgiving brighter for families across the Bitterroot.

What is it?

Thanksgiving is a time of gathering, gratitude, and giving, yet many of our Bitterroot neighbors are struggling to afford a holiday meal.

This year marks our third annual Bitterroot Blessing Baskets initiative.

With your help and generosity, we’ll curating Thanksgiving meals to those facing tough times.

Let’s come together and make sure no one in our community is left without.

Who can donate?

Looking for a meaningful way to support our Bitterroot community this Thanksgiving?

Whether you're part of a family, a church group, business, school, or civic organization—helping is simple with the Bitterroot Blessing Baskets.

Fill a basket (or two) with all the essentials for a holiday meal, and share warmth and gratitude with neighbors who need it most.

What items are needed?

Here is a list of items to fill a #bitterrootblessingbasket

$20 gift certificate to a grocery store for a ham or turkey
Cans of corn, green beans, and cranberries
Boxes of stuffing and mashed potatoes
Can/packet of gravy and can of cream of mushroom soup
Box of muffin/biscuit mix
Non-perishable dessert
ANY EXTRAS you'd be so inclined to donate like toiletries, dog/cat food, toys, games, laundry detergent, etc.