Shafter area clubs announce events and youth program
Shafter Recreation and Park District seeks 2009 Youth Soccer players ages starting at three and a half with a Sept. 28 deadline. Applications at 700 E Tulare Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm. Volunteer coaches needed. Also Kern Veterans Stand Down and Resource Day Sept 24 at Stramler Park offers clinics food law help and free haircuts. Kiwanis hosts Scholarship Dinner Oct 8 with eight cash prizes. ALS Walk Bakersfield Oct 3 at Riverwalk Park registration opens 8:30am. Angel Food Ministries hosts orders at 700 E Tulare Ave, no income limit. Reunions planned for Class of 1999 Sept 26 at Rio Bravo CC, tickets due Sept 5.
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Kern County
Stramler Park
Kiwanis Club of
Shafter
Arlie Smith
Shafter Recreation and Parks
Angel Food
Angel Food Ministries
United States
E. Tulare Avenue
Grant funds afterschool snacks for Kern youth centers
The Community Action Partnership of Kern will use a grant to feed 72 children at Alicante and Lamont Elementary Schools through Backpack Buddies and supply snacks for 50 to 60 participants at Shafter Youth Center’s afterschool program Snack Attack. Sempra Energy began distributing 1.5 million in May to groups providing food and shelter, citing economic need.
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Community Action Partnership of
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Alicante
Lamont
Shafter
Rob Duchow
Sempra Energy
CAPE
Gary Rommell
Rommell
Community volunteers renovate Shafter Youth Center grounds
On Sept 19 volunteers from Shafter Community United Way Kern County Chevron and others joined in a Day of Caring project at the Shafter Youth Center. Inmates began painting Sept 11 and local Rotary Club volunteers helped paint halls and landscape the exterior while residents donated reading couches. Names listed include Cathy Prout John Guinn Don Stockman Patricia Stockman Heidi Witcher and Bill Prout.
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Shafter
Shafter Youth Center
United Way of
Kern County
Chevron
United Way
CCF
Cathy Prout
Shafter Rotary Club
Hiedi Witcher
Mr. Mack
Bill
John Guinn
Don Stockman
Patricia Stockman
Victim Witness updates at Shafter meeting goals and fund raiser
The Victim Witness program discussed its mandate to aid crime victims and witnesses. Perez noted six staffers handle hundreds of cases yearly with 100 to 200 new cases monthly and emphasized involvement with agencies like the Domestic Violence Advisory Board. The Fog Run fundraiser on January 9 aims to raise funds for relocation and basic needs assistance for those served.
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Perez
Domestic Violence Advisory Board
Alliance Against Family Violence
Si Se Puede Learning Center opens in Shafter
Si Se Puede New Learning Center arrives in Shafter aiming to enroll 30 students with a monthly fee swapped for volunteer hours and snacks. Elise Fitzgerald and Amanda Foster lead the Shafter center, part of a nationwide program with 14 centers. An open house was held September 18. a pre kindergarten program may start in January. Contact 661-746-6388 for details.
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National Farmworkers Service Center
Shafter
Elise Fitzgerald
Amanda Foster
Cneters
Fitzgerald
Foster
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