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Live the Challenge 5K Free Color Run Will Be Bigger Than Ever
Please join us for Building Healthy Communities South Kern's 6th annual Live the Challenge 5K Color Run this Saturday, April 23 at DiGiorgio Park located at the corner of Meyer and Haven Drive in Arvin.
The event is free and everyone who registers will receive a free t-shirt the day of the event. Registration starts at 7 a.m. and will close at 7:45 a.m. the day of the event. The run will begin at 8:00 a.m. The largest group will receive a prize. For more information, please call 661-845-2724.
The first 150 participants to register will also get a free pass to Arvin's Wildflower Festival, taking place shortly after the Fun Run.
Save time the day of the event by registering
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South Kern Residents Pack into KCCD Meeting to Push For a BC Satellite Campus
This past Thursday, South Kern residents and organizations filled the seats and lined the walls of the Kern Community College Board of Trustees meeting to ask the Board for a Bakersfield College satellite campus in Arvin.
One of Building Healthy Communities South Kern's (BHC-SK) Education Action Team (EAT) is to create a college going culture in South Kern.
"It's frustrating that once [students] are prepared for college, that they don't attend because of transportation issues," said Karen Davis, the supervisor for the Arvin Union School District's Family Resource Center and BHC-SK's EAT co-chair.
"The city is very supportive of a [Bakersfield College] facility which will directly impact over 45,000 individuals that live and work in or around Arvin, but indirectly it will also impact thousands of individuals that commute to Arvin and Lamont on a daily basis,"
Al Noyola, the Arvin City Manager told the board members.
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South Kern Community Celebrates Safe Water at #Agua4All Rally
South Kern community members gathered at the #Agua4All rally to celebrate the installation of filters in certain locations throughout South Kern that produce safe water, and also to discuss how that is just a start to fixing a larger problem.
The installation of 71 water stations and 88 point-of-use filters in South Kern was the reason for celebration at the rally, which was held on April 5 at El Camino Real Elementary School in Arvin.
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Premiere of StrikeOut, a Docudrama About Kern's #School2Prison Pipeline is a Success
More than 200 people attended the free screening of StrikeOut, a docudrama about the harsh policies and discipline practices in Kern schools, which push students out of the classrooms and into the juvenile justice system.
The screening was organized by the Kern Education Justice Collaborative, the Dolores Huerta Foundation and CSUB's Center for Social Justice.
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About Us
Building Healthy Communities is a comprehensive community initiative that is creating a revolution in how Californians think about and support health in their communities.
More than 2,500 residents, youth, businesses and organizations are leading the BHC-SK effort to improve the health of our communities through a shared vision, goals and action plan. Residents in Arvin, Lamont, Weedpatch, and the unincorporated areas of Greenfield are proving that we have the power to make health happen in our communities.
BHC-SK is promoting healthy change in the areas of:
- Education: Improving education from pre-K through adult education
- Environment: Creating a healthy environment with clean air and water
- Health Access: Increasing access to a better health care system
- Recreation: Improving recreational activities, facilities and parks
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We have the power to build healthy communities for the next generation.
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Join BHC-SK's Live the Challenge 5K Color Run This Saturday!
Click
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