A nonprofit translation and interpretation organization will hold a celebration for National Hispanic Heritage Month tonight.
Piedra de Ayuda, or A Helping Rock, offers language support for Spanish speakers and assists in everything from filing for photo IDs to assisting on court cases. Volunteer director Eddy Reyes has a nonprofit background and says that he came to Juneau and noted the lack of interpretation and translation services.
“The one incident that really stands out in my mind is the incident of someone walking into (the Division of) Motor Vehicles and having to walk out of there without their ID, because someone there could not understand the information they were providing, such as a birth certificate that was in the Spanish language, or simply they just could not communicate with them,” Reyes says.
Piedra de Ayuda will hold its fundraising event Friday at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center. Drop by at 6 p.m. to eat Latino foods and see traditional dances. Admission is free or by donation.
