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The Exodus Refugee group is offering a Pashto language sewing class to promote mental health among Afghan refugee women.

Reporter Mitch Legan spoke with Massaud Vighagh, who was forced to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban's takeover.

Soldiers from the Indiana National Guard collected and delivered the coats Friday from an armory designated as a collection site for donations to Operation Allies Welcome.

Additional evacuees are expected to arrive in the coming weeks, although it’s unclear how many, said Mark Howell, regional spokesman for the federal Transportation Security Administration overseeing Operation Allies Welcome.

After an outpouring of support from Hoosiers wanting to help evacuees at Camp Atterbury, one of the non-governmental organizations helping there has opened a donation center in Johnson County.

Gundrum Funeral Home & Crematory in Logansport said Sanchez’s body will be transported home on Sept. 12. Details on funeral services were still being finalized.

The mother of Marine Corporal Humberto Sanchez says her son was a trouble-maker growing up - even earning the nickname Piranha. But she says he was a happy kid who loved making people laugh.

Indiana is preparing to receive 5,000 Afghan evacuees at Camp Atterbury in the coming weeks, with the first 1,000 set to arrive by this weekend.

Holcomb and the Adjutant General of the Indiana National Guard will speak at 10 a.m.

The Logansport Community School Corp. announced on social media that Sanchez was a graduate of Logansport High School in the 18,000-person city about 70 miles north of Indianapolis.