{"id":63295,"date":"2025-11-21T06:27:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/63295\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T06:27:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:27:18","slug":"bakersfield-resident-wins-2025-st-jude-dream-home-in-golden-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/63295\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield resident wins 2025 St. Jude Dream Home in Golden Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) The 22nd annual St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway in Bakersfield concluded with <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/2025-st-jude-dream-home-giveaway-winners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">one lucky winner, Noe Torres,<\/a> receiving the keys to a brand-new home built by John Balfanz Homes. <\/p>\n<p>The event, which supports St. Jude Children&#8217;s Research Hospital, began in August with the unveiling of the home and a community floor-signing event. <\/p>\n<p>By September, the three-bedroom, two-bathroom house, spanning approximately 1,850 square feet, was completed and fully furnished.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bakersfield resident wins 2025 St. Jude Dream Home in Golden Heights (KBAK){p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/47229fcb-ed80-48f3-af06-e571645b7271-Image.jpg\"\/>Bakersfield resident wins 2025 St. Jude Dream Home in Golden Heights (KBAK)<\/p>\n<p>In November, the community gathered to announce the winner.<\/p>\n<p>Beatrice from the St. Jude Dream Home called Noe to deliver the exciting news: &#8220;Hi Noe, this is Beatrice from the Saint Jude Dream Home, and I want to tell you congratulations, you won the house tonight!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>A surprised Noe responded, &#8220;You&#8217;re kidding?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bakersfield resident wins 2025 St. Jude Dream Home in Golden Heights (KBAK)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/11a26d15-8396-4630-b453-ec78f5100383-Image2.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bakersfield resident wins 2025 St. Jude Dream Home in Golden Heights (KBAK)<\/p>\n<p>Beatrice confirmed, &#8220;I&#8217;m not kidding. You won the Saint Jude Dream Home for the 2025 year, and we&#8217;re really excited that you participated and supported Saint Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Noe expressed shock and gratitude, saying, &#8220;Oh my goodness, thank you, I&#8217;m in shock, wow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bakersfield resident wins 2025 St. Jude Dream Home in Golden Heights (KBAK)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/965ba99c-dee2-47cf-91e3-17a9a88844c6-Image1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bakersfield resident wins 2025 St. Jude Dream Home in Golden Heights (KBAK)<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s event helped raise over $828,000 to support St. Jude&#8217;s mission to combat childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) The 22nd annual St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway in Bakersfield concluded with one lucky winner,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-63295","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\/63295","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=63295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}