Operation Shoulder to Shoulder hosts town hall to encourage support for Afghans in need | Local

Yakima group Operation Shoulder to Shoulder could have a city corridor occasion Tuesday for veterans, civilians and native leaders to listen to the tales of a gaggle of Afghans who want help.

Sen. Patty Murray, Senate staffer Raquel Crowley and Yakima County Commissioner Amanda McKinney will probably be honored on the occasion at 5:30 p.m. at VFW Put up 379, 118 S. Fifth Ave. in Yakima.

Operation Shoulder to Shoulder is a nonprofit that has helped repatriate and resettle people from war-torn areas, together with evacuating high-risk individuals from Afghanistan and supporting troopers and refugees from Ukraine.

The group helped evacuate an Afghan household after Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021 and has since used its sources to assist different people going through violence.

Group director Roger Gavriluk, additionally the previous commander of the Yakima Coaching Heart, mentioned the occasion is a chance for the general public and people who have supported previous repatriation efforts to interact with the group of Afghans immediately to know what they’re going by means of. The Afghans will seem through Zoom, he mentioned.

For extra details about the group, go to operationshouldertoshoulder.us.