AMMON — The annual 10 Counties of Christmas by the Idaho State Police is back, and organizers are asking for the public’s help to feed more than 700 families this Christmas.

The initiative is in its eighth year. In its first food drive in 2017, it helped to feed 53 families.

“We never know what the number is going to be. It’s gone up every single year, since inception,” ISP Sgt. Blake Higley said.

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This year, ISP aims to feed 731 families in District 6, which includes Bonneville, Butte, Clark, Custer, Fremont, Jefferson, Lemhi, Madison, and Teton counties.

Higley said 90% of those they deliver food to come from recommendations from local school districts, but organizers also work with other loc

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