City Council member Andrae Gonzales along with BCSD and several local organizations are helping make sure students have desks to succeed with distance learning.
IKEA donated the desks and volunteers helped assemble them.
They were then distributed to school liaisons who will pass them along to students who can benefit from them.
TODAY TO HELP GUARANTEE LOCALSTUDENTS HAVE EVERYTHING THEYNEED TO SUCCEED WHILEDOING DISTANCE LEARNING ATHOME...BAKERSFIELD CITY COUNCILMANANDRAE GONZALESTEAMING UP WITH SEVERAL LOCALORGANIZATIONS AND THEBAKERSFIELD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTTO HELP PROVIDE FREE DESKS FORSTUDENTS IN EAST BAKERSFIELD..."OUR WORK IS TO HELP ENCOURAGEFAMILIES AND CHILDREN AND THEACADEMIC PURSUIT OF CHILDREN, WEWANT TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLEAND PROVIDE ENRICHMENTOPPORTUNITIES ANDEXPAND THOSE OPPORTUNITIESESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN EASTBAKERSFIELD."GONZALES EXPLAINING THAT OVERTHE LAST MONTH, THEYHEARD STORIES OF CHILDRENSTRUGGLING TO PARTICIPATE INDISTANCE-LEARNING AT HOMEBECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVEDESKS.THANKS TO IKEA AND VOLUNTEERSFROM CHILDREN FIRST -- GONZALESSAID THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDEOVER 60 DESKS FOR LOCALFAMILIES.STAFF FROM THE BAKERSFIELD CITYSCHOOL DISTRICT PICKING UP THEDESKS TO DISTRIBUTE TO FAMILIESAT DAVID NELSON POCKETPARK THIS AFTERNOON.23ABC NEWS WILL BE RIGHT B