Food pantry board tours new Vancouver location

The Columbian

Published: August 25, 2015, 5:00pm

Esther Short: FISH of Vancouver will move into a new location later this year, and on Aug. 12, the board of directors toured the space. From left: FISH of Vancouver Board of Directors Tom Lingo, Shelley Pierce, Betty Sue Morris, John Greves, George Kaufer, Merril Firestone, Kristina Walsh-Daarud, Dick Kunkle and Ron Frederiksen, RSV Building Solutions.

Esther Short — The FISH of Vancouver Board of Directors toured the food pantry’s new home at 906 Harney St., Vancouver, on Aug. 12. The organization’s capital fundraising campaign is ongoing with an anticipated November opening of the new facility. In the last year, FISH provided more than 789,000 pounds of emergency food to families and individuals.

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