{"id":501089,"date":"2026-10-19T14:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T14:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/501089\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T14:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T14:50:07","slug":"kern-county-library-invites-community-to-honor-veterans-through-thank-a-vet-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/501089\/","title":{"rendered":"Kern County Library invites community to honor veterans through Thank-A-Vet program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Kern County Library is inviting community members to show their appreciation for local veterans through its annual Thank-A-Vet Art Card Project. The program runs from October 19 through October 30 at all Kern County Library branches and the Bookmobile.<\/p>\n<p>Community members of all ages are encouraged to create handmade cards, write letters or poems, or draw pictures thanking veterans for their service.<\/p>\n<p>All supplies will be provided by the library, making it easy for families and individuals to participate. Once completed, participants can give their creations directly to a veteran they know or leave them with library staff to be shared with local veterans.<\/p>\n<p>The annual program gives residents a meaningful way to express gratitude and recognize the sacrifices made by those who have served in the military.<\/p>\n<p>Courtney Park, library associate for marketing with the Kern County Library, joins Eyewitness News Mornings to discuss the Thank-A-Vet program, how residents can participate and the importance of honoring local veterans.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about library programs and upcoming events, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/kerncountylibrary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">kerncountylibrary.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Kern County Library is inviting community members to show their appreciation for local&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-501089","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\/501089","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=501089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}