Serving the children and families of East Bakersfield!

Ed De La Vega

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Saturday neighborhood clean up! We got so much don

Saturday neighborhood clean up! We got so much done! Thanks to everyone that came out. Much appreciation for all you do for the community and Children First! ♥️ 🗑️

#community #childrenfirst #eastbakersfield #bakersfield #neighborhoodcleanup #saturday #pocketpark

It’s not quite done. But it’s a start! #bake

It’s not quite done. But it’s a start!

#bakersfield #organization #ctrain #community #cleanup #eastbakersfield #childrenfirst #volunteer #saturday

Tomorrow!!! Neighborhood clean up! Plus we are org

Tomorrow!!! Neighborhood clean up! Plus we are organizing the C-train! We’d love your help.

Note the time change!! Tomorrow the clean up is at 9:30am!! ⏰

Food distribution ✅ Big thank you to @jose_arge

Food distribution ✅

Big thank you to @jose_argell for leading the event and @myafullmer @bhs_dreamcatchers @foothill_trojans @mr.gonsalez @aplanetinmygarden and all other community members for supporting! You all make it smooth and manageable. ♥️ Lots of love for East Bakersfield.

Next food distribution is 12/15!

#fooddistribution #weloveourvolunteers #community #childrenfirst #eastbakersfield #bakersfield

You read that right! We are also having our neighb

You read that right! We are also having our neighborhood clean up this Saturday. If you can’t make the food distribution think about coming out Saturday! We are organizing the C-train and picking up trash in the neighborhood!

Thank you all for showing up time and time again. ♥️

#volunteersneeded #bakersfield #eastbakersfield #neighborhoodcleanup #communitymatters

Lake Street Beautification Project and Mural Appre

Lake Street Beautification Project and Mural Apprentice Program is in full effect!

Thank you to all artists involved striving to bring color to East Bakersfield. It looks amazing so far! The project reaches from Union Ave. to Williams St all along lake street. Catch updates here or with @jenwillco who is leading the project with three amazing aspiring muralists!

#art #mural #lakestreet #childrenfirst #eastbakersfield #artlove

🚨Calling all Community members 🚨 Our month

🚨Calling all Community members 🚨

Our monthly food distribution is coming up this Thursday 11/17! Come by if you want a box full of food or if you would like to volunteer! Dress warm!

#fooddistribution #eastbakersfield #community #doinggoodtogether #childrenfirst #volunteerwork

What a day!! Remember that one reel where we bough

What a day!! Remember that one reel where we bought shoes? Well today was the day they went to their new feet!! 🦶🏽 Students got some new shoes and smiled extra wide. Made our hearts melt for sure. Thanks to Mayra Rodriguez, Principal Mendez, and Vice principal Rogers and especially CARE for allowing us to do this!! 👟 ♥️

#williamselementary #childrenfirst #eastbakersfield #CARE #shoedrive #community

✨📚 Children First Literacy Gala 2022 📚✨

✨📚 Children First Literacy Gala 2022 📚✨

We love seeing your posts of the gala 😍! Watching you all have fun just made the night much sweeter. The love has been absolutely overwhelming. We are just so grateful to everyone that you believe in our cause to support East Bakersfield and the kids and families that live there. A huge thank you to our sponsors, and all involved who made the night such a great event: @veloriomusica for performing, @luvspuncandyfloss for their outstanding treat!, @elcaminobakery for donating the conchas, @torrezd85 and family for packaging the conchas, @xochitlwines for providing the delicious wine, @catrinadivinaofficial for joining, board members for setting up and helping to clean up (as well as some attendees! We saw you and appreciate the help!). It took a whole village, but we made it happen! 💕Hope everyone had a restful weekend.

Here are some highlights of the gala, board members having fun and celebrating a successful night.

Catrina picture 📸 provided by @antzona.

GALA DAY!! So many months of hard work has led up

GALA DAY!! So many months of hard work has led up to today! Excited and nervous doesn’t even begin to cover it. We hope all those attending love what they see but most if all, we hope you fall in love with Children First!!

A big thank you to everyone involved. WE ARE ALMOST THERE!!

#cfliteracygala #CFBookOfLife22 #childrenfirst

Yesterday we bought shoes for 44 students at Willi

Yesterday we bought shoes for 44 students at Williams Elementary! All thanks to CARE!! Can’t wait for us to distribute November 8th!!

Until then…have you bought your gala ticket? 😉

Hope everyone had a happy Halloween!!

#childrenfirst #community #shoedrive

Gratitude doesn’t begin to cover it. Only the de

Gratitude doesn’t begin to cover it. Only the deepest thank yous to our sponsors of Children First 2022 Inaugural Gala. Our virtuous allies who support us in continuing our mission, again, thank you. ♥️

The Literacy Gala is exactly a week!! The support and love we have received has been indescribable! We appreciate you! There are 20 tickets left, it’s not too late to save your seat! 🏰📚

#bakersfield #CFBookOfLife22 #CFLiteracyGala #Eastbakersfield #Gala #sponsorlove #theyhelpus

When we first started thinking of our theme “Boo

When we first started thinking of our theme “Book of Life” for the gala, we really wanted to do something that was new and eye catching. What we envisioned really meant we needed a ton of books, like a literal ton. Where would we even get them all? And how much would it cost?! 😅 Asking @kerncountylibrary was a serious no-brainer and we are beyond grateful that they had the resources to allow @jenwillco and @celspalacio to work their magic. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts @heathereddyarts for all the love and support! Our gala wouldn’t be as beautiful without you and your team!

Have you been to the Beale library, or any library in Kern county? The library is such a special and safe space for all community members. It’s a place of knowledge, peace and creativity! There is seriously something for everyone.

We are beyond excited to introduce ourselves to you at the Gala! You are all invited! Come see what we’ve been putting together all in the name of literacy and community.

#community #bakersfield #literacy #librarylove #CFbookoflife22 #CFLiteracyGala #childrenfirst

The gala is a little more than a week away! We are

The gala is a little more than a week away! We are so excited!

Performances by:
@bfhuaztecalli
Mt. Vernon Vapa Academy
And @veloriomusica!

Wine provided by @xochitlwines

It’s going to be a fun time for a great cause! Have you bought your ticket?! Link in bio!

10.20.22 Thank you to @bhs_ecologyclub and @bhs_dr

10.20.22 Thank you to @bhs_ecologyclub and @bhs_dreamcatchers for the support and another completed food distribution. These high schoolers worked very hard! Thank you to each and every person who came out today. It’s never easy, we all leave tired but when you look at the long line, you know it’s not for us, it’s for them. Until next month!

#fooddistribution #community #eastbakersfield #bakersfield #pocketpart #togetherwerise #childrenfirst #volunteers

Thank you so much to @marcosrod05 and Sylvia Lopez

Thank you so much to @marcosrod05 and Sylvia Lopez for your sponsorship of our Literacy Gala! We are thrilled to have you onboard and even more excited to learn that East Bakersfield is considered home to you! Thank you for supporting your community and your belief in our organization. 📚♥️

Our kids need literacy support and we are aiming to be that needed support. Together we rise!

#childrenfirst #sponsorship #eastbakersfield #CFliteracygala #CFBookoflife22 #literacy #gala #fundraiser #together #community

Mark your calendars! This Thursday is food distrib

Mark your calendars! This Thursday is food distribution day! October 20th!

Volunteers needed from 1pm-4pm and 4pm-8pm. Sign up on our website! Hope to see you there. :)

#fooddistribution #community #thirdthursday #volunteersneeded #calltoaction #childrenfirst #bakersfield #eastbakersfield

Another one in the books! About 25 volunteers and

Another one in the books! About 25 volunteers and 30 bags of trash later! Thank you all for making our neighborhood a little bit better!! 🗑 ♥️

#childrenfirst #neighborhoodcleanup #community #togetherisbetter #bakersfield #eastbakersfield #neighborhoodlove

We love @team_bcsd and can’t wait to see these s

We love @team_bcsd and can’t wait to see these sweet dancers in Vapa Academy perform Folklorico at the Literacy Gala! A big shout out to @sugarskullzart, we appreciate you and all your hard work leading the crew!💃🏻 💕

It’s on November 4th! Have you bought your ticket?

#gala #literacy #fundraiser #cfbookoflife22 #CFLiteracyGala #community #bakersfield #EastBakersfield #MTVernon

Thank you to Williams Elementary and incredible st

Thank you to Williams Elementary and incredible staff for taking our Program Manager on a school tour! Seeing the teachers in action was inspiring. Children First is proud to be a community partner. Bringing our literacy program to life with your students is proof that the path to a better community is through collaboration. We love the now, and can’t wait to see how this relationship continues to bloom in the future.

#williamselementary #bakersfield #communitypartners #literacy #schooltour #teachersrule #students #school #learningiscool

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