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Washougal food pantry asks for help as supplies dwindle, need grows

East County Family Resource Center provides food for Washougal students and families through backpack program

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Reuben Cottingham, Akin’s East County Family Resource Center manager, picks up a box of graham crackers from the food shelves at the center on Oct. 28, 2024. Cottingham said the food pictured above, which is intended for the Washougal School District’s backpack program, “will be gone within two weeks.” (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Leaders at the East County Family Resource Center in Washougal say they are seeking community donations to supplement a rapidly dwindling food supply.

The Resource Center operates an on-site food pantry and provides food for the Washougal School District’s weekly backpack program. Donations from the Camas and Washougal school districts’ annual Stuff The Bus community food drive help stock the Resource Center’s pantry, but most of those donations won’t roll in until later this fall.

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