The Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy and the Creston Refugee Committee will be hosting a mix-and-mingle fundraising event on June 16 at the Snoring Sasquatch, featuring local musicians Ilana Cameron, Kurt Goltz, Jason Deatherage, Karl Sommerfeld and others. Experimental animator Richard Reeves will be projecting his films throughout the evening. Concession will include baked goods from the refugee committee.
Proceeds will go to the Creston Valley Refugee Committee, which is currently sponsoring the Abo-Nofal family since their arrival from a Syrian refugee camp in September, and is now expecting the arrival of a Burmese family of seven later this month.
“We don’t get a say as to when these families arrive,” said committee member Elena Yeung. “We had been waiting over a year for our Burmese family to arrive, and the committee decided to bring the Abu Nofal family in the meantime. Immigration rules for refugees have tightened drastically in the past year, so we are fortunate to have the opportunity to bring two families to a safe new home.”
Doors open at 7 p.m., with the performance beginning shortly after. Admission is by donation.
— CRESTON REFUGEE COMMITTEE
