FISH Food Bank of Hood River County will mark 50 years of helping those in need with a celebration Friday evening at the Columbia Center for the Arts. FISH board chair Marianne Durkan says the event is free and open to all in the community. Durkan says FISH started with a notice in the Hood River News in 1969 that a group of churches had acquired a phone number to help people with a variety of needs. FISH eventually evoled into the food bank that it is today. Friday’s celebration will run from 5:30 to 7:30 at Columbia Center for the Arts, with snacks, music, and art.