After 11 years as Executive Director of Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank, Cori Walters stepped down from her role, leaving big shoes to fill. In her time with Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank, she helped to facilitate monumental changes to make the organization more successful in its mission to provide basic needs for the community and promote self-sufficiency. This has resulted in a strong foundation that grounds the staff team, board, and strategic partners in a firm belief that the future will be successful for Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank.
In the spirit of continuing to put the people they serve first, the organization decided to bring in a highly experienced interim Executive Director to keep this momentum going. They have chosen to lean on Valtas Group to provide them with a highly experienced interim candidate to fill the role while they search for the perfect full-time replacement for Cori.
Laura Skelton has taken up the reins to ensure that anyone in the community facing food insecurity is offered the resources, tools, and dignity needed to meet their basic needs. As a Little Free Pantry steward, Laura is a great fit for the role because she cares so deeply about helping neighbors across the community.
About Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank
As the name would imply, Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank provides food, clothing, hygiene items, and other basic necessities to hundreds of families each week. Their emphasis is on fresh, local produce but they also provide things like household items, diapers, toiletries, and case management resources for the people who need them most. In fact, 60% of the people they serve are children and seniors. For this reason, they have specialty programs aimed at their largest demographics, such as “Groceries to Go (G2G),” “Tools 4 School,” “Summer Lunch,” and “Lunch for the Break.” Summer Lunch and Lunch for the Break are two of their most widely publicized programs. During school breaks, Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank provides lunches to children who are not at school to receive free meals to lessen the burden on the families that support them. And their efforts have not gone unnoticed! In 2021 they won the Best of Issaquah award for their hard work!
