Congratulations to the Leadership Bakersfield Class of 2017 Graduation Sponsor Rebecca Aceves Trans West Security Service, Inc. May Abdalla Adventist Health Bakersfield Tamara Baker Kern Economic Development Corporation Jorge Barrientos Chain Cohn Stiles Lori Brackett HealthSouth Bakersfield Rehabilitation Hospital Gary Carruesco Bakersfield Police Department Jefferson Eberhardt Young Wooldridge LLP Vin Dang Empire Eye & Laser Center Aaron Flores J.G. Boswell Company Christopher Gnekow M.D. Atkinson Company, Inc. Michael Hale Bakersfield Police Department Lois Hannible Community Action Partnership of Kern Team 1 The library at the East Bakersfield’s Boys & Girls Club is a haven for students to read their favorite books or master their schoolwork. However, the facility had not undergone an update in more than 15 years. Team 1 renovated the library into a multi-purpose room with new furnishings, fresh paint and a newly installed mural. Team 2 The Bakersfield Senior Center is a resource and social hub for the city’s older generation. To ensure local seniors have a safe space to connect and exercise, Team 2 gave the center’s outdoor area a significant face-lift. Commercial-grade outdoor fitness equipment, benches and new landscaping were installed. The team will also use extra donations it raised to fund additional projects at the center.
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Congratulations to the Leadership Bakersfield
Class of 2017
Graduation Sponsor
Rebecca AcevesTrans West
Security Service, Inc.
May AbdallaAdventist Health
Bakersfield
Tamara BakerKern Economic Development Corporation
Jorge Barrientos Chain Cohn Stiles
Lori BrackettHealthSouth Bakersfield
Rehabilitation Hospital
Gary Carruesco Bakersfield Police
Department
Jefferson EberhardtYoung Wooldridge
LLP
Vin DangEmpire Eye & Laser Center
Aaron FloresJ.G. Boswell
Company
Christopher GnekowM.D. Atkinson Company, Inc.
Michael HaleBakersfield Police
Department
Lois Hannible Community Action Partnership of Kern
Team 1
The library at the East Bakersfield’s Boys & Girls Club is a haven for students to read their favorite books or master their schoolwork. However, the facility had not undergone an update in more than 15 years. Team 1 renovated the library into a multi-purpose room with new furnishings, fresh paint and a newly installed mural.
Team 2
The Bakersfield Senior Center is a resource and social hub for the city’s older generation. To ensure local seniors have a safe space to connect and exercise, Team 2 gave the center’s outdoor area a significant face-lift. Commercial-grade outdoor fitness equipment, benches and new landscaping were installed. The team will also use extra donations it raised to fund additional projects at the center.
Voni HumphreysValley Republic
Bank
Kristen HartsellKern Schools Federal
Credit Union
Tamara KellyCalifornia Water
Service
Justin LelandMoneywise Wealth
Management
Cindy LydayBakersfield
Homeless Center
Rachel MagnusBakersfield
Museum of Art
Matthew McCort Robert Heely
Construction, LP
Mary MartinezBank of the Sierra
Christopher MolinaBoys & Girls Clubs
of Kern County
Amy OlsonDignity Health –
Mercy & Memorial Hospitals
Cassi PadgettBolthouse Farms,
Inc.
Bethany Peak LeBeau-Thelen LLP
Phillip PetersCounty of Kern,
First District Supervisor
Seth PerryPrimerica
Keri PharrisKern County
Human Resources
Katherine Van DykeA-C Electric Company
Ron SasakiAera Energy LLC
Miranda WhitworthKern Federal Credit Union
Statistics often show boys face extreme obstacles when they age out of the foster care system. To provide a successful transition into life on their own, Team 4 facilitated classes for boys at Kern Bridges Youth Homes, which covered topics like financial wellness, employment and life skills. They also redesigned and updated an outdoor area at the Kern County Daughter Project.
Team 3 Team 4
Although Kern’s agriculture industry feeds most of the world, many children and adults in the community are not sure where their next meal will come from. To raise awareness about the community’s food insecurity issues, Team 3 worked with renowned artist Bumblebeelovesyou to design a mural at The Kitchen in downtown Bakersfield. The team also held a food drive and made a monetary donation to the Bakersfield Homeless Center.
