Free meals and gifts will be offered to the homeless and less fortunate on New Year’s Day.
Meals will be served Monday, January 1 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Comprehensive Blood & Cancer Center located on 6501 Truxtun Avenue in Bakersfield.
Gifts may include sweatshirts, hygiene kits and mittens, according to a press release.
Meals, sponsored by the Ravi & Naina Patel Foundation, will be served by CBCC physicians and staff.
For more information or to sign up an organization, contact Shannon Hernandez at 661-862-7154.
Transportation vans will stop at Bakersfield Homeless Center and the Bakersfield Rescue Mission at the following times:
Van Departure from Bethany & Rescue Mission 11:00 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
Van Departure from Rescue Mission Noon and continuing until 1 p.m.
Departure from CBCC 12:15, 12:45, 1:15, 1:30 p.m.