Thanksgiving pop-up events provided families with numerous local resources, helped promote local businesses, and gave out free meals for families for thanksgiving.
The mood was joyful, yet determined Friday morning as close to 50 community volunteers crowded into the library at McKinley Elementary School in central Bakersfield.
Activists and school officials are working together to help McKinley students in Bakersfield get excited about coming to school in an effort to combat rising rates of chronic absenteeism.