Food

Food pantries and hot meals
Nutrition assistance
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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.

Camas School District
Located in right inside the Jack, Will and Rob Center (JWR) 2033 NE Ione Street, Camas (across the street from the Doc Harris Stadium). It can be reached at 360.833.5612 ext. 77203.

Evergreen Public Schools
Sometimes known as food pantries in the middle and high schools, students can access these services by talking with their school counselor. The FCRC helps families with basic needs and provide direct referrals to community resources while offering opportunities for student and family enrichment. Supports may include school supplies, clothing, toiletries and hygiene items, fresh and nonperishable food, parenting resources, employment connections, housing and utilities resources and help navigating the system to access available community resources.

• Evergreen High School: 360.604.3797
• Legacy High School: 360.604.3910

Vancouver Public Schools

• Discovery Middle School: 360.313.3322
• Gaiser Middle School: 360.313.3434
• Jason Lee Middle School
• McLoughlin Middle School: 360.901.4269
• Fort Vancouver High School: 360.313.4179
• Hudson's Bay High School: 360.313.4571
• Shared between Jim Tangeman Center and Heights Campus
• Shared between Chinook, Lakeshore, Felida, Alki, Jefferson, Skyview
• Shared between Salmon Creek, Franklin, iTech, VSAA, Flex Academy, Columbia River​

Washougal School District
Can help with basic needs, and provide direct referrals to community resources while offering opportunities for student and family enrichment.  This may include: school supplies, clothing, shoes, toiletries & hygiene items, nonperishable food, parenting resources, housing and utilities resources, early childhood education information, and help accessing available community resources.

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

If you don't see your school listed here, ask someone at your school's front office 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

Almost all of these food banks and pantries are partners with the Clark County Food Bank. For the most updated information, check out the list of Food Pantry Sites.

5 & 2 Food Pantry (The Cross Church)

6503 E Mill Plain Blvd, Suite G, Vancouver
360.213.7679

Open Wednesdays, by appointment only.

Amboy Food Bank

​22200 Chelatchie Road, Amboy
360.247.5448

Open 2nd and 4th Wednesday from 2-6 pm. Serves residents in north Clark County.

Angels of God

Living Hope Church
2711 NE Andresen Road
Vancouver
360.936.5197

Open Sunday from 1:30-4 pm and Wednesday from 5-7:30 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 1-5:15 pm and Thursday from 10 am to 3:45 pm. Serves residents in the 98601, 98604, 98606, 98622, 98629, 98674 and 98675 ZIP codes.

Clark County Adventist Community Services

3114 E Fourth Plain 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 Fruit Valley

1910 W Fourth Plain Blvd, Vancouver
360.693.0939

Open Tuesday from noon to 2 pm, Thursday from 10 am to 6 pm, Friday from 2-4 pm, and Saturday from 10 am to noon. Serves residents in the 98660 ZIP code.

Community Kitchen Walnut Grove

7509 NE 47th Ave.,
Vancouver
​360.693.0939

Open Wednesday from  10 am to 6 pm and Friday from 10 am to noon.

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 to Thursday from 10 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 pm and the 4th Saturday of each month from 10 am to noon. 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 10 am to 2 pm. Serves residents in Camas and Washougal.

Lewis River Mobile Food Bank

360.263.5763
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Second Sunday: Warehouse
38615 NE 41st Ave, La Center

Third Sunday: Yacolt Community Church
509 W Cushman, Yacolt

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

Martha's Pantry

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

Offers food, clothing and household items. Open Tuesday from 4-6:45 pm and Thursday from 10 am to 12:45 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.

Mustard Seed Pantry

811 NE 88th Circle, Vancouver
360.258.1170

Open Tuesday from 11 am to noon and 4-6:30 pm. Open Tuesday from 4-7 pm. Serves all residents of Clark County.

Neighbors Helping Neighbors

​21814 NW 11th Ave, Ridgefield
​360.887.3354

Offers food, clothing and household supplies. Open Tuesday from 10 am to 12:30 pm and Thursday from 2:30-5:30 pm. 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 education, and garden. Open Sunday from 9:30-10 am. Serves all of Clark County.

Share House

1115 W 13th St, Vancouver
360.695.7658

Hot meals served Monday to Friday from 8:30-9 am, 1-1:30 pm, and 5-5:30 pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 9-9:30 am and 3:30-4 pm.

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 - 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 Salvation Army: Vancouver

1500 NE 112th Ave.,
Vancouver
360.448.2890

Food and clothing assistance. Food available Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 10 am to 2:45 pm. Serves all of Clark County.

The Salvation Army: Washougal

1612 “I” St., Washougal
360.835.3171

Open Tuesday to Friday from 9 am to 4 pm. Serves residents in the 98607 and 98671 ZIP codes.

Woodland Action Center

736 Davidson Ave, Woodland
360.225.9998

Open Saturday from 11 am to 5 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)

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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.

 

Our other resource pages

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