veterans

Veterans in Yakima needing help with filing claims can still get that help at the Yakima VFW.

The event is set for Wednesday and Thursday, February 5 and 6 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

You can donate any cold weather clothing and snacks. Bring your donations to KIT studio at 4010 Summitview in Yakima.

Scan your bathroom cabinets and gather unused toiletries from your last vacation, freebies from the dentist’s office or a few extra items from a bulk warehouse purchase. Donations of new, full- and sample-size toiletry items, such as shampoo, conditioner, soap, razors, deodorant, lotion, toot…

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 379 and the American Legion Post 36 and their Auxilliaries of Yakima will conduct their service on Monday the 27th at 10 am at Tahoma Cemetery on South 24th Avenue in Yakima.

The "We Salute You" lunch will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Officials with the chapter say they want to thank those who put their lives on the line everyday.

If all the money is secured Kruger says they hope to start construction in June and be open in 2020.

She says the savings could then be used for operating costs to keep more of the posts open in the state.

Matthew McCay, Virginia Mason Memorial chaplain and Veterans Advocate says the hospital is only one of four hospice programs in the state to be a top level four We Honor Veterans program community partner.

Debra Ward received a handicapped equipped wheelchair van that was donated by the family of Sandra Rotter of Mattawa who died in April but wanted her van to be donated to a local veteran.