WHITTIER – Rio Hondo College’s Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education (CARE) is hosting its 17th annual “Adopt-A-Child” event from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014 at the Rio Hondo Café at the College, 3600 Workman Mill Road. The festive holiday luncheon – a Rio Hondo tradition – is an opportunity for economically disadvantaged students with young children to enjoy a holiday celebration, complete with a visit from Santa Claus, and to receive gifts courtesy of the Rio Hondo College community.

About 80 full-time student-parents with more than 120 children participate in the CARE program.

For information call 909-206-5304 or 909-214-6909.