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Pet food pantry volunteers help fill hungry bellies BY CINDY FRYE Community contributor
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hank you everybody for attending Bakersfield Pet Food Pantry’s bagging event Sunday afternoon on January 8. Everyone was really helpful and we were done fast — it took less than an hour. We bagged 1,328 pounds of pet
food! If you missed this pet food bagging event, mark your calendar for February 5 — that's the date for our next event. The bagging event will be in front of the Self Serve Pet Spa, 2816 Calloway Dr. #103. In the meantime, thank you for helping so many families and seniors in need around Kern County, — and for all the bellies you helped to keep full this month. We appreciate all your help, and couldn't do it without you! For more information about volunteering or donating pet food go to: www.bakersfieldpetfoodpantry.org, or call 619-2029. Bakersfield Pet Food Pantry is a non-profit, all volunteer organization in Bakersfield dedicated to assisting disabled/homebound seniors and low income community members by providing them with dog and cat food. We started in April, 2009 by donating dog and cat
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food to folks who received food from Church Without Walls, a local church and soup kitchen. We are happy to say that we’ve expanded BPFP to also help the elderly in need who are homebound and on a fixed income by partnering with North of the River — Meals on Wheels. We are always in need of pet food and will accept any brand of dog or cat food, whether it’s bagged or canned. You can also help BPFP through volunteering or by giving monetary contributions through Paypal or by sending a check to Bakersfield Pet Food Pantry, P.O. Box 82153, Bakersfield, CA 93380. We are always in need of volunteers if you would like to sign up please send us an email and we will send updates about what we are doing as well as coming up volunteer opportunities. How you can help us keep our pantry stocked: 1. Donate cat and dog food, either canned or dry. Please call 619-2029 to schedule a pick-up. 2. Hold a pet food drive in your community, or at your school, church or business. 3. Become a volunteer "barrel buddy" and let us put a collection barrel for pet food in your business. We'll stop in and collect the donations regularly. You can always drop us a line at: info@bakersfieldpetfoodpantry.org
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Volunteers for Bakersfield Pet Food Pantry recently bagged more than 1,000 pounds of pet food to be distributed to needy pets in the community. The Pantry’s next bagging event is Sunday, February 5.
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Business professionals to be recognized at Hispanic chamber event American Network of Kern COURTESY OF THE KERN COUNTY HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE County (Dee Slade) he start of the New • Chair Recognition: Shirley Year brings plenty of Franco, Anthem Blue Cross excitement and hope. “These honorees are the This brings even cream of the crop,” said Jay greater meaning to the Tamsi, CEO and President of Kern County Hispanic the Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as it Chamber of Commerce. “They prepares to honor several strive for excellence in everylocal businesses and profesthing they do, and it’s excepsionals for their success at its tional to know that their col27th annual Installation of leagues saw their accomplishOfficers and Business Awards ments and nominated them to be held 6 p.m. Saturday, for the awards.” Feb. 4 at the Bakersfield The annual chamber event Marriott Hotel in downtown is expected to be another Bakersfield. great success, following last “We are fortunate to have year’s sold-out event. such accomplished and hard“2012 is a transition of ecoworking business professionnomic change – but for the als,” said David Alanis, chair better,” Tamsi said. “The past of the Kern County Hispanic few years have been tough for Chamber of Commerce Board. CALIFORNIAN FILE our local businesses but we “These individuals and busiare feeling optimistic about David Alanis, chair of the Kern County nesses didn’t apply or seek out Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Board. 2012 as we finally begin to the recognition. By contrast, move out of the economic their colleagues have seen the slump and see our business members really thrive.” accomplishments they have done and feel they are Tamsi added that the new 2012 board will be deserving of such honor.” installed by Kern County Superior Court Judge, the The honorees are the following: Honorable Robert Tafoya. • Business Man of the Year Award: Joe Cornejo, The new board is as follows: Advanced Beverage David Alanis; Blodgie Rodriguez; Olivia Garcia; • Woman of the Year: Dr. Rebecca Rivera, Denise Ornelas; Carlos Navarro; Risto Rubio; Ernie Bakersfield Center for Women’s Health and GLOW Pineda; Ricardo Montiel; Sal Brito; Jose Guerrero; and Linn Nick Ortiz; Ida Tagliente; Valerie Mendiburu; Dave • Small Business of the Year: Jacalito Mexican Whisler; Joe Serrano; Donna Hollingsworth; Shirley Grill Franco and Donna Hermann. • Large Business of the Year: El Clasificado The San Fernando-based “The Company Band” • Corporation of the Year: Comprehensive Blood will headline the entertainment and dance portion of and Cancer Center the event. • Community Service Award: Audrey Chavez, Tickets and sponsorships are still available but Bakersfield AIDS Project going fast. Cost is $65 per person, and $500 for a • Nonprofit Organization of the Year: African table of eight. To RSVP, call 633-5495.
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Digital rendering of high speed rail in action.
CSUB to offer five free discussions on high speed rail BY JENNIFER BURGER Community contributor
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ith the California High Speed Rail project being hotly debated from the local to the national level, CSUB is offering a chance for students and the community to hear arguments and learn facts from all sides. A free, five-session speaker series, which began Jan. 18, will feature community experts, starting with Kern County Supervisor Ray Watson and Kern Economic
Development Corporation Executive Director Richard Chapman, who will both speak about job creation. The course continues every other Wednesday through March 14, hitting topics such as the project’s business plan, financing, environmental impact, consequences, and culminating with a town hall style meeting. The class meets in the evening from 5:45 to 7:30 p.m. in Science III, Room 213. CSUB students who take the course will receive general stud-
ies credit. The free course is also open to the general public through CSUB’s Extended University program. The registration form can be found on the Extended University Division website at: http://www.csub.edu/eud/. Click on "FORMS" in the blue bar on the left. Although the form indicates differently, the form can be faxed to EUD at 654-2447. The best access to campus for this location is via Camino Media. Park in Lot "E." Parking is $5.
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Happy birthday, Aaron! BY SALLY SAFFELL Community contributor
It’s time to plant bare root trees, shrubs and other plants
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are root time is here. Your best availability of dormant fruit trees is right now. Bare root lants are a little less expensive and easier to plant. This week’s gardening tip is from Kathy Robinson of Robby’s Nursery. Do YOU have a gardening tip you’d like to share with our readers? Post your gardening tips and photos of your garden on our web site at: www. bakersfieldvoice.com.
Wishing you a happy birthday! Do YOU have a birthday greeting or other celebration you'd like to share? Post your greetings and photos at: www.bakersfieldvoice.com. YOUR favorite happy birthday, anniversary or other greetings could be featured on the pages of The Bakersfield Voice!
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