Veteran job fair coming Saturday
CHERYL SCHWEIZER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 7 years, 3 months AGO
File photo Military veterans got a chance to stock up on warm clothes and supplies for cold weather at the veteran resource fair last year. This year’s event is Saturday.
Senior Reporter Cheryl Schweizer is a journalist with more than 30 years of experience serving small communities in the Pacific Northwest. She began her post-high-school education at Treasure Valley Community College and enerned her journalism degree at Oregon State University. After working for multiple publications, she has settled down at the Columbia Basin Herald and has been a staple of the newsroom for more than a decade. Schweizer’s dedication to her communities and profession has earned her the nickname “The Baroness of Bylines.” She covers a variety of beats including health, business and various municipalities. | September 26, 2018 3:00 AM
MOSES LAKE — Military veterans and their families can get help looking for jobs, finding services, and clothing – especially winter clothing – at the annual Veteran Resource and Job Fair, scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at the 4-H building at the Grant County Fairgrounds.
Veterans also will be have the opportunity to receive military surplus, especially winter gear and tools, at the “Stand Down,” which is part of the job fair. The information and services are available to all veterans, regardless of when they served, and to their families, said Eileen Boylston, local veteran employment representative at Worksource Central Basin.
Services offered range from job placement help like Worksource, to Veterans Administration representatives, to Grant County Mental Health and Grant Transit Authority. In 2017 individual organizations and agencies also were in attendance, agencies like the U.S. Border Patrol.
Military surplus offered at the 2017 fair included sleeping bags and ground covers, coats, socks and gloves, clothing and toiletry supplies.
The resource fair started about a decade ago, Boylston said in an earlier interview. An outside veterans group helped sponsor the first one, and urged local agencies and volunteers to keep the program going. The goal, Boylston said, is to “connect veterans with resources.”
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