Covenant Community Services received a much needed financial boost Monday morning, thanks to a group of dedicated Wells Fargo employees who recognized their ability to make a difference. Through the Wells Fargo Community Support and United Way Campaign, team members made a donation of $2,200 dollars to Covenant Community Services, a non-profit outreach serving abused and [...]
In Central Bakersfield 23-year old Lajoy Gentry takes a moment to reflect, pausing to remember a time in her life when things were different. “Even though we were poor and didn’t have a lot she would bring us here.” Gentry said as she gazed off into the distance. Gentry’s mother would take her children to [...]
The Bakersfield Californian Foundation recently distributed grants totaling more than $81,400 to local nonprofit organizations in support of its mission to promote arts and educational programs throughout the city.
If you are among the vast majority of the world’s population, you begin your day with a freshly brewed cup of coffee. Every morning you hit that the snooze button, knowing you will inevitably have to roll out of bed and begin your day. For many, the arousing smell of brewing coffee is what allures [...]
It’s 8a.m and Kenny Pearson starts his day driving through an east Bakersfield neighborhood, heading to a place he and others like him rarely go. Pearson is going to work. For more than a month now Pearson has been employed at Covenant Coffee, a non-profit coffee roasting company in Bakersfield that employs former foster youth [...]
Our mission at Covenant Media is to give a voice to the voiceless and provide hope to foster youth in Bakersfield as well as around the world. Having covered several stories about foster youth while at KGET, it was evident that many foster youth lack a voice in today’s media. We are going to change that.