CDAIDE

Mark your calendars!

The 6th Annual CDAIDE Chef Challenge returns on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 5:30 PM at the Hagadone Event Center.

Join us for an unforgettable evening featuring local chefs competing for the Chef Challenge crown, delicious food, drinks, community, and a chance to make a real difference for hospitality workers facing unexpected hardship.

Every ticket purchased helps support local hospitality employees when illness, injury, housing challenges, or financial emergencies threaten their stability.

Tickets are on sale now: https://auctria.events/CDAIDEChefChallenge

We wanted to just take a moment and give a shoutout to this dynamic duo who helped make last month's Care Affair such a huge success! Thank you, Mike Kennedy and Rose Backs for being amazing people!



Picture by Lacey Green Photography

Thank you to all who helped raise funds for our organization and for the many other worthy causes here in Idaho with Idaho Gives! CDAide was also a recipient of a $1,000 prize drawing from the amazing Greater Coeur d'Alene Community Foundation at an Idaho Gives happy hour at Daft Badger Brewing Wednesday night!

The Inland Northwest's premier food event returns on October 14th! It will be here before you know it! Tickets are on sale now:

https://auctria.events/CDAIDEChefChallenge

Today is the start of Idaho Gives💙

From May 4–7, our community comes together to support local nonprofits—and we’re honored to be part of it.

At CDAIDE, we show up when hospitality workers face the unexpected. A medical emergency. A missed paycheck. A car repair that can’t wait.

Through referrals from managers and coworkers, we step in quickly—paying urgent bills directly so people can stay housed, get back to work, and move forward with dignity.

We’ve seen firsthand what your support makes possible:
• A worker recovering from surgery able to stay in their home
• A parent catching up on rent after illness
• Someone getting back on their feet without falling deeper into debt

These aren’t just bills—we’re helping protect stability, jobs, and families right here in our community.

💛 If you’ve ever been served by someone in our local restaurants, hotels, or hospitality spaces—this is your chance to give back.

👉 Donate today: https://www.idahogives.org/organizations/cdaide-inc

Every gift—big or small—makes a real, immediate impact.

The Care Affair was a wonderful evening and we so appreciate all those who spent it with us and who provided their support! Photos from the event, courtesy of Lacey Green Photography, are now up on our website here:

https://www.cdaide.org/photo-albums

A big, heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped make the last night a success! This includes our sponsors, food providers (Sysco and local chefs), volunteers, auction item donors, service staff at The Coeur d'Alene Golf & Spa Resort, and of course everyone who attended the event. Thank you for supporting our mission and helping meet the needs of hospitality workers and their families in our community! It was a wonderful, impactful evening!

The Care Affair is tomorrow.

If you’ve been thinking about attending, this is your moment.

Join us for an unforgettable evening of food, music, and generosity.

We can’t wait to see the room filled with people who care.

🎟️ https://auctria.events/CDAIDECareAffair/tickets

Don't forget to bring a bottle of wine with you to the Care Affair on Thursday! We're hoping to see a huge selection of wine for the raffle. We already have a number of bottles we'll be bringing to get things started! 🍷🍾

Last year, someone won 58 bottles of wine! If you haven't purchased your tickets yet, what are you waiting for!?!

https://auctria.events/CDAIDECareAffair/tickets.

The Care Affair isn’t just a fundraiser.

It’s what enables CDAIDE to respond when someone in hospitality faces a crisis.

A medical emergency.
A car accident.
A missed paycheck that puts housing at risk.

Because of this event, we can step in quickly and compassionately.

Your ticket makes that possible.

Join us April 16.

🎟️ https://auctria.events/CDAIDECareAffair/tickets