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The city of Arvin, south of Bakersfield, is struggling to stay healthy. Nearly a quarter of its 20,000 residents fall below the poverty line, and surrounding Kern County has one of the highest diabetes burdens in the state. As part of an ongoing effort to get kids out of the house and active, an event last week connected Arvin middle-schoolers with free bicycles—but where the bicycles came from may surprise you. When Jorge Rocha heard the announcement at school that free bikes were available for a handful of seventh graders, he knew what to do: “Get to the office fast as I can to sign up,” the 12-year-old says. He’s wanted a new bike for about two years, ever since his old one fell apart. “I kind of want something to ride to school, because I don’t have anything else,” he says. Today, Jorge is one of about 30 students from Haven Drive Middle School in Arvin getting new bikes courtesy of the non-profit organizations Dolores Huerta Foundation and Bike Bakersfield. Here in a parking lot
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