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On Saturday, March 31 from 11am to 6pm bring your family out to Murray Family Farms located at 6700 General Beale Road (about 18 miles east of Bakersfield on Highway 58). This day long event will feature a variety of family activities including a hay ride, bounce house, petting zoo, and local vendors promoting healthy food and living. Ripe, seasonal, fresh fruit will be available to pick. Dance to the music of Donald "Air DJ" Glen in the hay barn.
Cost is $15 per person in advance; $20 at the door. Kids under 5 years are free. Murray Family Farmns has generously agreed to donate 100% of the admission fee to LightWave Education to support Freedom School this summer.
To purchase tickets contact LightWave Education at 661-381-7644 or Shari Rightmer at 661-375-7733. Download the event flyer here.
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For more information on the Hannah Freedom School, visit http://www.hannahfreedomschool.org/Hannah/Home.html
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CDF board member Katie McGrath and her husband J.J. Abrams read to students and participated in the Harambee celebration at the Community Coalition Freedom School that they generously sponsored together.

CDF board member Katie McGrath with Congresswoman Karen Bass who also visited the Community Coalition Freedom School.
For more articles and info on the Community Coalition Freedom School, visit their website, http://www.cocosouthla.org/node/683 of connect with them on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150258904414016.329828.326609084015&type=1.

Mr. Carl Ballton of the Union Bank Foundation, a CDF supporter, reads to the Success in Challenges Freedom School.