Need Help? Call FISH
360-636-1100
Free food 9 a.m. to noon
Other needs: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
FISH is an all-volunteer
nonprofit that provides
immediate assistance
to thousands annually
Need Help? Call FISH
360-636-1100
Free food 9 a.m. to noon
Other needs: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
FISH is an all-volunteer
nonprofit that provides
immediate assistance
to thousands annually
FISH enables people to get food and meet a variety of other emergency needs, such as filling a prescription, paying a portion of overdue utility bills, getting clothes and shoes needed for a job, and buying propane to heat an RV or mobile home.
FISH provides only goods and services, not cash. We work with businesses, utilities and agencies that bill us. We partner with 18 churches in Longview and Kelso to give away food five days a week.
All services begin with a phone call to a friendly volunteer on the FISH line (360-636-1100).
We believe callers who say they need help they cannot afford. No paperwork required. That’s why FISH can help callers immediately. Do the same people continually hit up FISH for freebies? No! FISH has limits on all services, and client use is monitored.
Call FISH beginning at 9 a.m. weekdays to learn the times and location of the church distributing food. A phone volunteer will ask for each caller’s name and number of people in the household so that churches provide enough food for each order. Call early. Churches have limits on the number of households they can serve.
Among the local businesses FISH parters with is Gunnar’s Auto.
Volunteers use all sorts of rigs to haul food — even a fully loaded SUV.
Call FISH between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday for help with financial emergencies. Volunteers can order items such as propane, work boots, bus passes, auto parts and more. They also help with overdue water and power bills. Callers without medical insurance can get free prescriptions, emergency dental care and eye exams.
FISH’s food program had its third consecutive record-breaking year in 2025. Our churches filled 8,604 orders for 34,665 recipients. Also setting a record was FISH’s food bill, which topped $196,000. That is 40% higher, in part, because 2025 was the first full year that expanded menus were in place. In 2024, the FISH Board voted to buy more milk, meat, eggs, bread and other staples for FISH churches. Amounts were based on family size, and last year was the first year the household average nudged just above four persons. Rising prices also added to FISH’s food bill.The steep drop in spending and recipients in 2021 was during Covid, when the federal government boosted SNAP benefits and mailed pandemic relief checks. Fewer people needed food banks then.
This chart shows annual spending and daily averages of people served in the past 10 years. In 2025, FISH churches served 139 people on average — 10 more per day than in 2024.