FISH OF VANCOUVER

Our Strategic Goals, as outlined in our 2022-2024 Strategic Plan are:
Goal 1: Maintain a facility that is safe, stable, accessible, and innovative for effective food distribution.
Goal 2: Enhance operations, systems, and programs to ensure they remain responsive to evolving client and community needs.
Goal 3: Professionalize fundraising strategies to sustain success and support a long-term vision for financial health.
Goal 4: Strategically cultivate and steward relationships, leadership, and initiatives to maximize community impact in addressing root causes of hunger for a food secure tomorrow.

1. Strengthen our core food distribution programs to maintain standards of quality, provide a choice-centered client experience and expand our geographic reach through strategic partnerships.
2. Diversify and expand our revenue streams to Invest in management and operations to support the steady growth of FISH.
3. Expand our management and support for volunteer recruitment, training, supervision, and appreciation.
4. Continue our ongoing and integrated communications campaign to build awareness of FISH and issues around poverty and hunger.
5. Facilitate a program planning process with the board, volunteers and community stakeholders to determine potential program and site-based planning.
6. Invest in management and operations training to support the growth of FISH.

FISH has developed and is implementing capabilities in the following ways:
- Hiring of an experienced, professional Executive Director
- Recruitment of a hands on, working Board of Directors including professional expertise in the areas of law, accounting and financial management, human resources, communications, community involvement, building management and public health
- Hiring of an Operations Manager to oversee operations of the FISH pantry and warehouses
- Hiring a Volunteer Coordinator as a professional employee
- Financial stability through purchasing and retiring debt on a 10,000 sq ft commercial building that houses FISH and a commercial tenant

- Addition of new coolers and freezers for safe food distribution
- Continuation of pick up of food from grocery stores, Clark County Food Bank and other sources
- Implementation of new client data collection system
- Coordination of grants with contract Grant Writer
- Continued building revenue management with building tenant
- Formalization of site tours
- Strengthening of Sustaining Circle program
- Addition of Volunteer Coordinator position to staff
- Increased recruitment and training of volunteers
- Addition of new Board members
- Continuation and expansion of communication materials including newsletter, expanded website, social media presence
- Use of graphics design studio for web and print materials
- Planning for evaluation of building usage in 2020
- Addition of staff capacity
- Addition of new partners including food distribution to housing project for veterans and domestic abuse program
- Addition of Business Friends of FISH (BFF) - to provide sustainability through monthly donations of funds and services
- Creation of a facilities reserve fund
- Addition of integrated software program for donor management and volunteer scheduling
- Successful grantwriting for technology, equipment and other funding