BAKERSFIELD, CA - Some Cal State Bakersfield students are a little more comfortable tonight after receiving care packages, welcoming them to life in student housing.
One hundred students involved with the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) and the Guardian Scholars Program at CSUB received "comfort kits" from Ikea to dress up their dorm rooms.
Ikea volunteers passed out $28,000 worth of comforters, pillows, lamps and other household essentials.
Students chosen are first generation college students, former foster youth, and those with financial need.
"I think it's awesome because like some people they come in and -- you know -- it's sometimes hard leaving your family and you need stuff and you need help. And so it's cool that EOP is looking out for us," said Damion Hall, a freshman student living in the dorms.
An Ikea representative said volunteers do four community projects a year and that the "comfort kits" project was the first event of the year.