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         KernCorps AmeriCorps, administered through the Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office, is teaming up in with the Cesar Chavez Service Learning Club of Mountain View Middle School to host a Make A Difference Day, Lamont Community Cleanup on Oct. 25 from 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

         Volunteers will meet at the Lamont Library, 8304 Segrue Road at 8:30 and with supplies from Kern County Waste Management, divide up into clean-up teams of adults and youth to pick up litter throughout the Lamont community. 

         A designated group of volunteers will research the amount of litter collecting on Main Street in an on-going effort to install community trash cans.

         Swearing in ceremonies for 18 new Kern Corps members working in Bakersfield, Delano, Lamont, Shafter and Wasco will take place prior to the clean up effort. KernCorps members commit themselves to a year of tutoring and mentoring; working on school safety, child abuse and child care issues and projects to improve neighborhood environments for children.

          Make A Difference Day challenges individuals nationally to spend the fourth Saturday in October “making a difference” in their communities or in the lives of others. Nearly 2.2 million volunteers participate nationally benefiting 25 million people.

          If you would like to volunteer in the clean up effort or want some more information, please contact KernCorps Interim Program Manager Michael Figueroa at (661) 636-4487.