BAKERSFIELD, CA. - Several students came together to put on an event near and dear to their hearts -- helping find homeless dogs forever homes.
The Santa Paws Adoption Day was the work of about 30 students with the Regional Occupational Center Skills Team USA.
They joined together with the City of Bakersfield Animal Care Center, and Round Up Feed Store to help adopt out dogs from the Bakersfield Animal Shelter.
The adoption event took place at the Round Up Feed Store on Dec. 20.
The students got to know the dogs by volunteering at the animal shelter for a community service project, but decided they wanted to do more and organized the adoption event.
"Normally we groom the dogs from the animal shelter, which is right on Mount Vernon, and then we put them back and hope they get good homes, but that wasn't good enough for us so we put on this event so that we could help the dogs find forever homes," said Peyton Bishop, a senior with the R.O.C.
Of the 10 dogs up for adoption, eight found a new home.
Through the month of December, dogs and cats over three years old can be adopted at the shelter on Mount Vernon for $10.