Fitzgerald's Legacy: FISH Food Pantry's New Director

0:00James Fitzgerald, the executive director of downtown Vancouver's West Side food pantry run by fish, is heading out later this month for a new role as Director of Operations at Glenwood Church, where he's been a member for years. He stepped in as their first pay director back in 2018. During his time there, Fitzgerald steer the nonprofit through the housing affordability squeeze and the full chaos of the COVID pandemic. He ramped up operations big time, expanding from a small setup to handling massive demand without missing a beat. The board president calls him irreplaceable, crediting his fresh ideas for making fish, one of the biggest food pantries around. Fitzgerald's been in the trenches against food insecurity for decades, starting at the Salvation Army's Stop Hunger Warehouse in 1997, and later running ops at the Carr County Food Bank. Now they've tapped Director of Operations Diane Gibb as interim exec while they search for a full-time replacement. Key moves under him included switching to a client-choice-shopping model to cut waste and

1:00boost dignity, plus launching the fish mobile pantry, that, hits homeless shelters, clinics, and schools. With over 2 million pounds of food flowing out yearly to Carr County families, Fitzgerald's legacy sets a high bar as fish keeps pushing forward in. This tight-knit community, I'm Corey with the story that your Vancouver news today updates AI-powered and always on.