Bakersfield has a number of food distribution sites to help those most in need struggling to fill their pantries, but even these sites aren’t immune to the rising criminal activity that’s hitting our streets.
- Reverend Tudy-Hamilton has been the pastor of Cain for that last two years. She said recently the increase in break-ins, vandalism, and even arson has made it more difficult to provide for the community they serve.
- Down the street, Stay Focused Ministries said they had to put up an iron fence to keep their facility safe. On Brundage Lane, Brenda Jean’s Sober Living recently had their catalytic converter stolen from their food bank u-haul.
Bakersfield has a number of food distribution sites to help those most in need struggling to fill their pantries, but even these sites aren’t immune to the rising criminal activity that’s hitting our streets.
“It was at Cain, and I heard it through the grapevine, that they were broken into,” said Charles Munoz, a local senior resident who relies on food distribution sites on the east side to help supplement his grocery list.