We are proud to announce that BoiseCodeWorks has joined us this year as a community sponsor for the 4th Annual Idaho® Potato Drop!!
As a free and charitable community event, sponsorship is what keeps the Idaho® Potato Drop happening year after year. We are so happy to have you with us this year, lets make this the best Idaho® Potato Drop yet!
BoiseCodeWorks provides multi-week educational courses that teach the most in-demand tech skills. https://www.boisecodeworks.com/
Help us make sure we have the time of our lives with the new #GlowTato!
Visit www.GlowTato.com to help us make this event even better. Donations of any amount help! :)
Photo credit: Idaho Statesman
The word #GlowTato comes from a fourth-generation Idahoan. Help him (and us) build it in time for New Year’s Eve!
www.GlowTato.com
And thus, history was made.
We will make history again this year, by creating a state-of-the-art Giant #GlowTato to be dropped on New Year’s Eve.
Visit us at http://GlowTato.com/. Donations of any amount will help make our event even better. Community support keeps us doing what we love, having one of the best New Year’s Eve celebrations around the world!
The Seattle Times featured us and some other great festivals for the Regional Roundup of Festivals over the next few months. Finish up your year the right way!
Check out our plans for our new potato this year at www.GlowTato.com!
http://www.seattletimes.com/life/travel/plan-ahead-for-these-events-across-the-northwest-and-bc-sept-23-edition/
We are so happy to donate to City Light Home for Women and Children! Thank you Jason for all that you and the Boise Rescue Mission Ministries do for our community.
The Idaho® Potato Drop’s GlowTato!!!
To make the new potato, we used an all-new innovative technique created by local artists, fabricators and craftsmen. To start, we completely reshape, and retexture the potato to make it look and feel like a real potato. When the redesign is finished, we made a mold of the old potato. When the mold has been created, a new polystyrene resin potato was casted, which allows light to shine through, but is painted to look and feel like a real Idaho® Potato on the outside. Inside of the new potato, we inserted a frame with high powered LED light box that is programmed with custom lighting options (flashes, glows, sparkles and more). The new GlowTato lights up each year count as we count down to midnight, creating memorable and fun experiences for all who attend. The GlowTato hangs horizontally and is durable enough for people to come up and touch it! The GlowTato is an all-new innovative design that will bring enjoyment for years to come.
Fun video from our first ever Idaho Potato Drop! This goofy video really brings us back!
Here is a short video of the Idaho Potato Commission, the Idaho Potato Drop and renown musician, Jeff Crosby during the Eagle Fun Days Parade. We had so much fun, we can’t wait for the next one!
We had so much fun at the Eagle Fun Days Parade this weekend, with Famous Idaho Potatoes! We threw out over 85 shirts to the crowds, and received a warm welcome from Eagle.
Dylan Cline had the idea for the Idaho Potato Drop back in 2012. Boise, Idaho did not have anything big going on for New Years Eve, and Dylan thought that should change. Through perseverance, hard work, persistence, and support from those around him, Dylan successfully launched the first Idaho Potato Drop with an estimated attendance of around 40,000 people. He created this event to bring the community together for a free, family fun event, that not only benefits local businesses, but also Idaho in general. The Idaho Potato Drop has continued to grow over the years, due to hard year-round work from Dylan and his teams. Every year the Idaho Potato Drop gets better, and continues to get global attention. Thank you Dylan for helping make Boise a great place to live.