About Us:

Clark County Food Bank Illustration

Clark County Food Bank originated in 1985 as the Clark County Food Bank Coalition. This coalition was a consortium of local hunger relief agencies that banded together to take advantage of available federal, state and county resources in their effort to provide assistance to hungry people in Clark County. The Salvation Army (TSA) became the lead agency for the coalition in 1995 and leased a building in Hazel Dell which to this day houses TSA's Family Services Center and CCFB's 8,000 square foot Stop Hunger Warehouse; which operates as the central food bank for our area.

In 2004 TSA decided it would be in their best interests to move the Family Services Center to a location 'owned' by them. During the same period it had become very clear that the leased site was wholly inadequate to meet growing need in the county and that a new site was not just desirable, but an absolute and urgent necessity. While TSA remains as our lead agency they were unwilling to be the driving force toward securing a new site for the food bank. This led to an appeal to attract members of our community to form a group whose purpose would be addressing the siting issue. It was determined that the scope of activities and mission of the original Coalition needed to be broadened beyond the structure of the organization at that time, which led to several key changes. The by-laws were revised, a board of directors was elected and Clark County Food Bank was born, becoming the successor of the Coalition's 501 (c) (3) non-profit designation.

Stop Hunger Warehouse

As the search for a more suitable building continued, the county learned of our mission and suggested the concept that we construct a new distribution facility as part of the redevelopment of a 79 acre property in Hazel Dell that Washington State University had been operating as an agricultural experimentation site since 1949, but was preparing to cede back to the county. WSU has since returned the property to County ownership and the County is pursuing various options that maintain the agricultural history and nature of the site in cooperation with WSU and many other interested parties, including CCFB.

Until recently our primary plan and focus has been to construct our new building as part of the 78th St. Project. While we greatly appreciate the County's offer of a long term lease for property on the parcel, various considerations have led us to rethink this concept and we have elected to terminate our letter of intent in order to pursue other opportunities.

Our capital campaign for funding continues with grants and donated monies now dedicated to the purchase of 2.09 acres of property in the Cold Creek Industrial Park located in Hazel Dell and the construction of our new central warehouse and distribution center.

In the meantime, with TSA as our lead agency and providing critical support, CCFB continues to operate Stop Hunger Warehouse as the central food bank serving Clark County. The continued support of our community in the effort to alleviate hunger is very much appreciated and we at CCFB fully intend to further that effort from a world-class operation at the earliest possible date.

Our Team:

  • Board of Directors

    Nancy Wilson - President
    Executive Director of Inter-Faith Treasure House in Washougal; current Secretary of the Washington Food Coalition; serves on the advisory boards of TEFAP and EFAP. Holds a degree in Public Administration for Non-Profits.
    Jim Youde - Vice Chair
    Served on the Board for Oregon Food Bank; current Chair of the Capital Campaign for Clark County Food Bank; holds a doctorate in economics and is a retired food industry consultant; actively involved with Farmers Ending Hunger and Youth Efforts Against Hunger in Clark County.
    William Coleman - Secretary-Treasurer
    Retired corporate finance executive; formerly Business Director at Oregon Food Bank.
    Carolyn Waldron
    Executive Director of Battle Ground Adventist Community Services; coordinates dental clinics with a van from Free Clinic of SW Washington.
    George Kaufer
    President of FISH of Vancouver; CPA and MBA; business administration instructor; retired Chief, Portland Appeals Office of the IRS.
    Kyle Sciuchetti
    Attorney, Bullivant Houser Bailey, PC; practices general commercial litigation; served as senior in-house counsel for the Public Power Council; active in the community and a member of the Board of SW Washington Humane Society.
    James Olson
    Self employed custom picture framer; work history includes management in warehousing, purchasing and inventory control; Team Leader in the Volunteer Action Center at Oregon Food Bank; member of OFB's Speakers Bureau; Sector Coordinator for the Walk and Knock Food Drive.
    Joe Pauletto
    Retired executive, Peter Kiewit; President of Walk and Knock Food Drive; active in numerous charitable activities in our community.

  • Staff

    James Fitzgerald
    Warehouse/Operations Manager at Stop Hunger Warehouse
    360.699.1961
    Greg Flakus
    Development Officer
    360.573.7027

Contact Us:

Messages can be left at 360.693.0939