Resources and information for teens needing food assistance

Food

4/27/2018

Food pantries and hot meals
Nutrition assistance
Our other resource pages

Does your family need food?
Visit your school's Family-Community Resource Center (FCRC). The staff there may be able to give you food and other support you or your family might need. Here are the local middle and high schools we know have an FCRC.

Battle Ground Public Schools
The FCRC for Battle Ground Public Schools serves the whole district and is located at 11104 NE 149th St, Brush Prairie. It can be reached at 360.885.5434.

Evergreen Public Schools
Known as food pantries in the middle and high schools, students can access these services by talking with their school counselor.

Vancouver Public Schools

Discovery Middle School: 360.313.3322
Fort Vancouver High School: 360.313.4179
Hudson's Bay High School: 360.313.4571
McLoughlin Middle School: 360.313.3642
Shared between Alki, Jefferson, Skyview, Flex, and VSAA: 360.721.8464 (call/text)
Shared between Jason Lee, Gaiser, Fir Grove, Columbia River, Leiser, and iTech: 360.223. 6478 (call/text)
FCRC mobile unit: 360.313.4724

Washougal School District

Jemtegaard Middle School: 360.954.3909
Washougal High School: Known as the Panther Den, students can fill out a Panther Den Order Form in the Counseling Center.

If you don't see your school listed here, ask someone at your school's front office if and where your FCRC might be.

Department of Social and Health Services

800 NE 136th Ave, Suite 110, Vancouver
360.397.0002
1.877.501.2233

Apply for food, cash, childcare programs, health insurance (Medicaid) and more. Apply for benefits.

Food pantries and hot meals

Amboy Food Bank

22200 Chelatchie Road, Amboy
360.247.5448

Open Sunday from noon to 2 pm. Serves residents in north Clark County.

Angels of God

Memorial Lutheran Church
2700 E 28th St, Vancouver
360.695.7501

Open Monday to Friday from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm.

Battle Ground Adventist Community Services

11117 NE 189th St, Battle Ground
360.687.3459

Offers food, clothes and household items. No financial assistance available. Open Tuesday from 1-5:30 pm and Thursday from 10 am to 4 pm. Serves residents in the 98601, 98604, 98606, 98622, 98629, 98674 and 98675 ZIP codes.

Clark County Adventist Community Services

3200 St. Johns Blvd, Vancouver
360.695.8632

Offers food and clothes. Open Monday and Tuesday from 9:30 am to 3 pm. Serves all of Clark County.

Community Kitchen

1910 W Fourth Plain Blvd, Vancouver
360.693.0939

Open Tuesdays from noon to 2 pm, Thursdays from 5-7 pm and Saturdays from 10 am to noon. Serves residents in the 98660 ZIP code.

East Vancouver Community Church

12415 SE 7th St, Vancouver
360.256.2780

Open the 2nd Saturday of each month from noon to 3 pm. Serves all of Clark County.

F.I.S.H. of Orchards

6012 NE 110th Ave, Vancouver
360.256.2440

Offers food and clothing. Open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 10 am to noon and 12:30-2:30 pm, and Tuesday from 10:30 am to noon and 12:30-2:30 pm. Serves residents in the 98662, 98664, 98682, 98684 and 98683 (west of 164th Ave) ZIP codes.

F.I.S.H. of Vancouver

906 Harney St, Vancouver
360.695.4903

Offers food, some maternity clothing and small household goods. Open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 2:45 pm. Serves residents in the 98660, 98661, 98663, 98665 and 98686 ZIP codes.

Inter-Faith Treasure House of Camas/Washougal

91 “C” St, Washougal
360.834.5786

Offers food, housing goods, utility assistance and rental assistance. Open Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 4 pm and Saturday from 11 am to 2 pm. Serves residents in Camas and Washougal.

Lewis River Mobile Food Bank

360.263.5763

First Sunday: View Fire Station
37604 NE 119th Ave, La Center

Second Sunday: Warehouse
38615 NE 41st Ave, La Center

Third Sunday: Yacolt Community Church
509 W Cushman, Yacolt

Fourth Sunday: La Center Evangelical Free Church
111 E Fifth St, La Center

Open Sunday from 2-4 pm at a different location each week. Serves residents in north Clark County.

Live Love

Living Hope Church
Chapel next to the main building
2533 NE Andresen Road, Vancouver
360.944.3905

Offers a meal, clothing, food boxes and resource referrals. Open Wednesday and Sunday from noon to 2:30 pm. Meal served at 1:15 pm.

Lost & Found Cafe

Zion Lutheran Church
824 NE 4th Ave, Camas
360.834.4181

Open Thursday from 6-7 pm.

Martha's Pantry

First Congregational United Church of Christ
1220 NE 68th St, Vancouver
360.695.1480

Offers food, clothing and household items. Open Thursday from 4-7 pm and Friday from 10 am to 1 pm. Primarily serves people living with HIV/AIDS, but no one is turned away.

Meals on Wheels People

1.503.736.6325
1.866.788.6325

Find meal sites and schedules.

Neighbors Helping Neighbors

21814 NW 11th Ave, Ridgefield
360.887.3354

Offers food, clothing and household supplies. Open Tuesday and Friday from 10 am to 12:45 pm, except the fifth Tuesday and Friday of the month. Serves residents in the 98629, 98642, 98686 and 98685 ZIP codes.

North County Community Food Bank

17 NE 3rd Ave, Battle Ground
360.687.5007

Emergency food boxes, information, and referral for utilities assistance, health and dental care, and basic life skills classes. Open Monday to Thursday from 9-11:15 am and 1:30-3:15 pm, and Friday from 9-11:15 am. Serves residents in the 98601, 98604, 98606, 98622 and 98675 ZIP codes.

One Life

1801 Daniel St, Vancouver
360.904.1273

Offers emergency food box shopping, cooking classes, nutrition ed and garden. Open every Sunday, except holidays. Numbers are distributed from 9:30-10 am and 1:45-2:30 pm; clients are served at 2 pm. Serves all of Clark County.

San Lucas Episcopal Church

426 E Fourth Plain, Vancouver
360.696.0181

Offers clothes, limited supply of daily bus passes, lunches, snacks, hygiene supplies and food bags. Open Tuesday to Friday from 9:15 am to noon.

Share House

1115 W 13th St, Vancouver
360.695.7658

Hot meals served Monday to Friday from 6:30-7 am, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm, and 5-5:30 pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 9-9:30 am and 3:30-4 pm.

SixEight Food Pantry

8802 NW 9th Ave, Vancouver
360.524.3778

Open Tuesday from 4-7 pm. Serves residents in the 98663, 98665, 98685 and 98686 ZIP codes.

St. John's St. Vincent de Paul - Brush Prairie

11607 NE 87th Ave, Vancouver
360.573.7199

Offers food, emergency lodging, rental assistance, utility assistance and household goods. Call and leave your name, phone number, and tell them your need. Open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. Food is available once every 30 days. Serves residents in Orchards and Brush Prairie neighborhoods.

St. Vincent de Paul - Battle Ground and North Clark County

360.576.0122

Offers rental and utility assistance. Call and leave your name, phone number, and tell them your need. A person will respond to your call or voice message Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 4 pm.

St. Vincent de Paul - Camas-Washougal

360.834.2126 ext. 251

Offers food, emergency lodging, rental assistance, utility assistance, clothes and household goods. Call and leave your name, phone number, and tell them your need. A person will respond to your call or voice message Monday to Thursday from 9 am to 3 pm and Friday from 9 am to noon. All calls/voicemails should receive a response within 24 to 48 hours.

St. Vincent de Paul - Vancouver

2456 NE Stapleton Road, Vancouver
360.694.5388

Offers food, emergency lodging, rental assistance, utility assistance, clothes and household goods. Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 am to 1 pm.

The Proto-Cathedral of St. James

218 W 12th St, Vancouver
360.693.3052

Hot meal served Thursday from 5-6:30 pm. Food cupboard open Friday from 1-2 pm. Some clothing available. No financial assistance.

Trinity Mission Food Cupboard

6700 MacArthur Blvd, Vancouver
360.693.4271

Open on the third Friday of each month from 10 am to 2 pm.

The Salvation Army

7509 NE 47th Ave, Vancouver
360.448.2890

Food and clothing assistance. Food available Monday to Friday from 1-4:30 pm. Clothing available Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1-4 pm. Serves all of Clark County.

Woodland Action Center

736 Davidson Ave, Woodland
360.225.9998

Open Tuesday and Saturday from noon to 4 pm. Serves residents in the 98601, 98629, 98674 and 98675 ZIP codes.

Nutrition assistance

WSU Clark County Extension - Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

360.397.6060 ext. 5704
Español: 360.397.6060 ext. 5717

Free classes for low-income families with children living in the home. Nine weeks of 1½ to 2-hour lessons about saving money on groceries, planning menus, reading food labels and making healthy food choices. Participants will receive an incentive for attending each week’s lesson. Classes available in English and Spanish.