Kelli Badesheim
Valley Regional Transit
Kelli is the executive director of Valley Regional Transit, the regional public transportation authority for Ada and Canyon counties in Idaho. Kelli began her transit career with Boise Urban Stages in 1994 and became the director of Valley Regional Transit in 2000. A Boise native, Kelli holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in public administration from Boise State University.
For immediate release: July 20, 2017
BOISE, Idaho — United Way of Treasure Valley’s 10th annual Flapjack Feed breakfast is set for Thursday, Aug. 10, launching United Way’s 2017-18 community fundraising campaign.
The Flapjack Feed will run from 7:30-10 a.m. at the Basque Block in Boise. The event is open to the public. Admission is a $7 suggested donation.
For immediate release: June 19, 2017
For immediate release: May 31, 2017
Hernandez will serve as Sacajawea Community School Coordinator in Caldwell
BOISE, Idaho — Hortensia Hernandez has joined United Way of Treasure Valley as the non-profit organization’s first Community School Coordinator. Hernandez will work in Sacajawea Elementary School as part of the Caldwell School District.
For immediate release: May 25, 2017
BOISE, Idaho — More than half of high school seniors in Idaho reported having used e-cigarettes, while 20 percent of high school students in the state have seriously considered suicide, according to United Way of Treasure Valley’s new 2017 Community Assessment.
For immediate release: May 2, 2017
BOISE, Idaho — More than 96,000 books were donated during United Way of Treasure Valley’s third annual Children’s Book Drive in April.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 4
The Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline, by Jannus, Inc. needs volunteer Crisis Phone & Text Responders for all shifts, especially evenings and weekends.
The ISPH team trains volunteers — laypersons or professionals in the greater Boise area — to become crisis phone workers. The next training course begins May 2, and completes May 27th. Orientation & screening sessions, tours and listening shifts for prospective volunteers are ongoing in April. ISPH provides excellent training, experience and supervision.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, April 3, 2017
The City of Caldwell in partnership with the Caldwell School District and United Way of Treasure Valley was recently awarded a technical assistance grant through the National League of Cities (Youth, Education and Families Council).
The grant invites mayors and community leaders to participate in a Mayors’ Institute to be held in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania on May 2-4, 2017. The Institute seeks to address factors that influence health outcomes where residents live, learn, work, and play through the Community Schools Strategy program.
