{"id":247896,"date":"2026-04-02T04:22:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T04:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/247896\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T04:22:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T04:22:35","slug":"bc-hosts-care-calworks-spring-bbq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/247896\/","title":{"rendered":"BC Hosts CARE\/CalWORKs Spring BBQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, April 1, 2026<\/p>\n<p>The Extended Opportunity Programs &amp; Services department at Bakersfield College hosted<br \/>\n                        the annual CARE\/CalWORKs Spring BBQ this week on the Panorama Campus. The event featured<br \/>\n                        activities for all ages, delicious food, and resource booths.<\/p>\n<p>EOPS students and their families were invited to attend the BBQ, which included a<br \/>\n                        variety of games and activities for children, including connect four and a bounce<br \/>\n                        house. Attendees were also welcomed to enjoy burgers, nachos, chips, cookies and more.<\/p>\n<p>Susana Pantoja, an adjunct counselor for the CARE\/CalWORKs Program, was happy to be<br \/>\n                        a part of the event. She was excited to see everyone come out and have fun. \u201cThis<br \/>\n                        is a little get-together for our students where they get to bring their kids and families<br \/>\n                        to just enjoy themselves and get to know other students,\u201d she said. \u201cWe want to build<br \/>\n                        a sense of community with our students, and they get to see us in a different perspective<br \/>\n                        \u2013 outside of academics. We also get to meet their kids and make that connection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By creating opportunities for students and their families to socialize, eat together<br \/>\n                        and have fun, the EOPS department demonstrated its commitment to building community<br \/>\n                        and fostering an environment where students are supported and valued.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/care-calworks-bbq-April2026-news-H2.jpg\" alt=\"several people standing at a serving table getting good\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/care-calworks-bbq-April2026-news-SQ1.jpg\" alt=\"two people getting punch from a serving table\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/care-calworks-bbq-April2026-news-SQ2.jpg\" alt=\"several people standing in line waiting for food\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday, April 1, 2026 The Extended Opportunity Programs &amp; Services department at Bakersfield College hosted the annual CARE\/CalWORKs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-247896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}