Kern County Teen Challenge

09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day from your Kern County Teen Challenge family! 🇺🇸

Today we pause to honor the dignity of hard work and the spirit of our community. To every person in Kern County who gets up each day and pours themselves into their work, their family, and their future — we see you, and we're grateful for you.

"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord." — Colossians 3:23

From our family to yours, wishing you a safe and restful Labor Day. 🙏

09/04/2026

09/02/2026

🪣 IT'S BUCKET DRIVE TIME! 🪣

Join us on Friday, September 4th as we hit the streets of Bakersfield for the 2026 Walk for Recovery Bucket Drive in honor of National Recovery Month!

📍 Location 1: Parking Lot across from KGET — L St. & 22nd/23rd
📍 Location 2: Hodel's — Knudsen & Olive Drive

⏰ We'll be out from 6 AM – 6 PM

Every dollar raised goes directly toward our program — changing lives, restoring families, and bringing hope to our community. Stop by, honk, wave, and drop a donation if you feel led!

👉 Donate online: tcwalks.com/kerncounty

💛 Real people. Real recovery. Real hope.

09/01/2026

What does a Community Health grant look like in action? It looks like meals on the street. Backpacks in a kid's hands. A man who was homeless, now in Phase 2 of recovery. A woman who once turned away — now coming to us for prayer. 🤍

We're grateful to Dignity Health CommonSpirit Health for investing in this work through their Community Health Improvement Grant. Our mid-year review showed we're on track — and the stories behind the numbers remind us why every dollar matters.

Thank you, Donna Sharp, Regional Director/Special Needs and Community Outreach, and Nayeli Ramirez, Community Benefit Reporting Coordinator/Department of Special Needs and Community Outreach, for championing this partnership. You're making a difference in Kern County.

08/31/2026

Today is International Overdose Awareness Day. We remember every life lost to overdose.

In 2025, 69,973 people died from an overdose. Of those, 44,564 deaths involved opioids, most driven by fentanyl.

Join Teen Challenge in praying today. Pray for God’s love and comfort to reach every family missing someone at the dinner table tonight.

Psalm 147:2-3 says the Lord builds up Jerusalem, he gathers the exiles of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Your Teen Challenge family stands with you today. We are praying for you.

Our 24/7 Prayer and Helpline is here anytime. Call 888.520.0620 and speak with a caring member of our team.

Don’t keep Teen Challenge a secret. Tell someone about this life-saving resource today. It could be their breakthrough.

08/31/2026

September is National Recovery Month — and this is what hope looks like in motion. 🤍

Our Walk for Recovery brings our community together to stand behind the men and women choosing a new life every single day. September 12th at the Shafter Men's Ranch.

8 AM check-in | 9 AM walk | FREE to register
https://tcwalks.com/kerncounty

Come walk with us. Come see what God is doing.

08/30/2026

✨ What happens when the Women's and Men's Campuses come together for chapel? Something powerful.

We had the privilege of hosting a combined chapel with a very special guest speaker — our own Amanda Natsues, Women's Campus Manager of Operations. Amanda shared her personal story of redemption, a powerful before-and-after testimony that reminded every person in that room of why we do what we do.

Her word from God was timely, real, and full of hope.

And before the message, GA Bakersfield led us in worship — setting the atmosphere and preparing hearts to receive.

We are grateful for leaders who lead from their testimony, for a church that shows up for our community, and for the moments when our two campuses become one family.

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08/27/2026

💙 We are so grateful for the time our Director, Michael Salinas, was able to spend with Pastor Wendell Vinson of Canyon Hills Assembly of God Church and CityServe Network!

Pastor Vinson, thank you for your generosity, your wisdom, and for pouring into Michael and the mission of Kern County Teen Challenge. Conversations like today's are a powerful reminder that we are not alone in this work — and that Kern County is blessed with leaders who genuinely care about the hurting and the broken.

The partnership between the local church and recovery ministry is something we deeply believe in, and we left that table encouraged, inspired, and more convinced than ever that Kern County's best days are ahead. 🙏

Thank you, Canyon Hills Assembly of God and CityServe Network, for investing in lives and in the ministries fighting for freedom in our community!

08/26/2026

⏰ 17 days. $18,259 to go. Let's finish this.

We're at 76% of our $75,000 goal for the 2026 Walk for Recovery — and we are SO close. But we need your help to cross the finish line before September 12th.

Every dollar you give today puts someone on the road to freedom from addiction. 💙

👉 Scan the QR code or go to https://tcwalks.com/kerncounty and give now. Don't wait.