March is National Nutrition Month, and for this month's news brief we are highlighting some of our team at the Nutrition Education and Hunger Prevention Department!

Over the past 60 years, the impact of Kings Community Action Organization (KCAO) on the communities of Kings County has been immense and life-changing.

Juan Torres, Special Projects Administrator, provides an update on the Food Bank Service Center which will serve as a homeless shelter and food bank in Kings County.

Tune in to listen to your host, Marilyn, discuss with Community Development Manager, Savino Perico, on how KCAO is leading the way in Kings County through partnerships and collaborations. 

This month, KCAO hosted two events with vaccine clinics.

On September 6, KCAO held a Health Clinic for its Head Start families. Families received vision and hearing screenings, dental screenings, and flu and COVID-19 vaccines during this event.

This week’s News Brief will be the last one for the year. KCAO is in the process of creating a new vision for News Briefs.

On August 20, 2024, KCAO showcased a "KCAO Economic Opportunity Act of 1964" exhibit for employees only at the KCAO main office to show how we supported our community for 59 years.

Kasey is an AI powered chatbot that enables staff, clients, community partners, and donors to discover KCAO programs.

On August 6, the KCAO Kettleman City Resource Center hosted its annual Back to School Event. Participants received backpacks, school supplies, free haircuts, a shoe giveaway, a COVID-19 and Flu Vaccine Clinic, and more during the event.

The Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications is holding a Virtual Workshop on Facebook to help Spanish speakers understand Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITIN).

On June 18th, KCAO received a generous funding opportunity of $612,426 from the County Board of Supervisors to support the KCAO Food Bank Service Center (FBSC) project.

Our Community Garden features 16 garden beds and nine fruit trees. It is open to the community Monday through Friday, 7:00 A.M.- 4:30 P.M. Our goal is to sustain growth and harvest fruits and vegetables throughout the year.

KCAO expresses gratitude to the participants of the Avenal State Prison Youth Offender Program (YOP) for their kind donation to the Barbara Saville Shelter.

KCAO was awarded a grant from The Starbucks Foundation.

We also want to extend our gratitude to our community members who joined us at the KCAO Summer Block Party event on June 28.

KCAO has joined forces with the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications to help keep Californians safer during this summer's extreme heat.

Learn about this year’s KCAO Summer Food Program providing free, nutritious meals for children all summer long, and don't miss the upcoming KCAO Block Party!

KCAO will be closed on June 19, Honoring the commorancy of Juneteenth. We will resume our regular operations on June 20.

Last week, KCAO employees gathered at the Annual Conference for Employees (ACE) to acknowledge and praise the efforts and contributions of our team.

For this week’s news brief we’ll be providing updates around Head Start Graduations, a donation for the Barbara Saville Shelter and our ACE event.

KCAO hosted a Head Start Block Party with community resources, children's activities, and COVID-19 vaccinations, while the Steve Perry Legacy Group visited Hanford to donate to the Barbara Saville Shelter.