{"id":295178,"date":"2026-05-01T16:54:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/295178\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T16:54:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:54:43","slug":"houchin-community-blood-bank-offers-chance-to-win-tickets-to-bakersfield-mac-cheese-fest-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/295178\/","title":{"rendered":"Houchin Community Blood Bank offers chance to win tickets to Bakersfield Mac &#038; Cheese Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 This week, Houchin Community Blood Bank is giving donors a chance to win a pair of tickets to the cheesiest festival in Bakersfield.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Individuals who donate blood by May 2 can be entered to win two tickets to the Bakersfield Mac &amp; Cheese Fest, according to Houchin. The two tickets are valued at over $160.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\/plus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Watch \u2018After Sunrise\u2019 on KGET+; Click to learn how to get KGET+ on your smart TV devices;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> Watch \u2018After Sunrise\u2019 on KGET+; Click to learn how to get KGET+ on your smart TV devices <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Each successful donation equals one entry to win, organizers said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 11th annual Bakersfield Mac &amp; Cheese Fest is scheduled from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 9, at the Kern County Fairgrounds at 1142 S. P St.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Only those who are 21 years or older can attend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For more information, <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bakersfieldmacandcheesefest.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:click here;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 This week, Houchin Community Blood Bank is giving donors a chance to win a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,124490,124491],"class_list":["post-295178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-cheese-fest","tag-houchin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295178","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=295178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}