Kids and Cops

This project is a joint effort between the Westchester Kiwanis Club, the Bakersfield Police Department, and the Bakersfield City School District. The Bakersfield City School District identified McKinley Elementary School as an elementary school in a gang demographic and determined that 4th-grade level kids still have a chance to have a positive and constructive opportunity to be influenced through interaction with local police department volunteers. Not only do the kids receive a t-shirt, breakfast, and lunch provided by McDonald’s, but they participate in fun, team building activities throughout the day with volunteer police officers as their team captains.