On the last Wednesday of every month, Bakersfield Recovery Services gets together with the Apple Core Project and New Wine Church.
PROVIDE FOOD AND OTHERNECESSITIES TO COMMUNITYMEMBERS IN NEED.IN THIS WEEK'S KERN'S KINDNESS.23ABC'S KALLYNHOBMANN IS GIVING US AN INSIDELOOK AT THIS EVENT.ANDREW LAIRD/BAKERSFIEL DRECOVERY SERVICES OUTREACHCOORDINATOR"PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOBS, A LOTOF PEOPLE LOST THEIR PURPOSE,SOME PEOPLE LOST LOVEDONES.
DRUGS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSEHAVE SKYROCKETEDRECENTLY."NOW MORE THAN EVER.
KIND DEEDSARE NEEDED.ON THE LAST WEDNESDAYOF EVERY MONTH..
BAKERSFIELDRECOVERYSERVICES GETS TOGETHER WITH THEAPPLE CORE PROJECT ANDNEW WINE CHURCH."WE MEET HERE WITH VARIOUS GOODSAND RESOURCES SUCH AS HYGIENEPRODUCTS, CANDY DURINGHALLOWEEN.
THIS MONTH WE BROUGHTGIFTS, CLOTHING,BLANKETS."OUTREACHCOORDINATOR ANDREW LAIRD SAYSTHEY BRING FOOD ANDNECESSITIES TO PEOPLE LIVING ATTHE RESIDENCE INN ON UNIONAVENUE."THESE ARE TRYING TIMES FORPEOPLE,ESPECIALLY WITH A HISTORY OFSUBSTANCE ABUSE ANDADDICTION."LAIRD SAYS THE MONTHLY EVENTHELPSTHE RESIDENTS.
AS WELL AS THEVOLUNTEERS.SOMEOF THE CLIENTS FROM BAKERSFIELDRECOVERYSERVICES JOIN IN ON HELPINGOTHERS AS A PART OF THEIR OWNRECOVERY PROCESS."WE THINK THAT A BIG PART OFRECOVERYIS COMMUNITY SERVICE, SO WE FINDA LOT OF SUCCESS WITHOUR CLIENTS WHENEVER WE NEEDVOLUNTEERS, SOTHAT'S A BIG PART OF IT TOO."ALL FOOD AND ITEMSARE DONATED.
ALTHOUGH LAIRD SAYSSOMETIMES THEORGANIZATIONS COOK THE FOODTHEMSELVES.TO RECEIVE THESEITEMS. YOU DO NEED TO BE ARESIDENT AT THE HOTEL.LAIRD SAYS THEYGENERALLY HELP A LITTLE MORE 100PEOPLE.
PLUS 25 TO 30 KIDS.
EACHTIME."FOR US WE ALSO TRY TO ESTABLISHRELATIONSHIPS.
IT'S NOT JUST,HEY HERE'S SOME FOOD.
SEE YOUNEXT MONTH.
WE TRY TO GET TOKNOW THEM A LITTLE BIT."LAIRD SAYS YOU CAN REACH OUT TOTHE ORGANIZATIONS VIA FACEBOOKIF YOU'D LIKE TODONATE.
IM KALLYN HOBMANN WITH23ABC NEWS CONNECTING YOUNOW THAT CHRISTMAS IS OVER, IT'STIME
Through Campus Ministry, the Junior and Senior High School has collected and delivered food and materials to the Utica and Rome..
