Marysville Non-Profits Hold Another Donation Drive for Fallen Officers' Family
Marysville nonprofits held a 'spaghetti feed' with proceeds going to Back-the-Badge Yuba and Sutter County to support the family of fallen Police Officer Osmar Rodarte.
Those in attendance told Fox40 that there was no question that the community would do all they could to help.
'We need this as a people, a society, to come together to support those that are defending us and protecting us, and that's what being a community is all about,' Rigo Diaz, General Manager of Recology, Yuba-Sutter County, said. 'And the community of Yuba-Sutter, this is what we do.'
'I love this community, and I respect the police department and what they do for the community, and this was unexpected,' Joginder Sekhon, a Marysville resident, tells Fox40. 'It has affected the whole community, everybody's upset about it. I feel like crying right now.'
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Marysville Chief of Police Christian Sachs says he wasn't at all surprised at the colossal support the agency has received.
'Here, the Yuba-Sutter community is just second to none,' Chief Sachs tells Fox40. 'I mean, besides the fundraisers like every other day, to them stopping in to sit and check on us, walking down the street, stopping to give everybody a hug, it just warms your heart.'
Some residents were so eager to support this cause that some showed up hours early, others, right on time.
'I really respect that everybody that lends a helping hand,' Roleane Helder, a Marysville resident, tells Fox40 while waiting for her spaghetti.
'We just are heartbroken about this wonderful young man,' Jean Younggren, another Marysville resident waiting for her Spaghetti, says. 'His family is without his income now, and he can't possibly have had a pension. So, you know, we just need to come together and help them out. So, yeah, it's just what small towns do.'
The organizers hope that the proceeds can take some of the financial pressure off Officer Rodarte's family.
'There's nothing worse for these children that already lost their dad than to watch their mom have to go through this, and if we can relieve just a little bit of stress off her, just a little bit, you know, then we've done our job,' Angie Gates, Co-Founder of SoYouCan, who helped organize the event tells us.
If you weren't able to make it to Friday's event, you can check out Back The Badge Yuba-Sutter County to offer any support you can.
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