The 15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta took place at Penny Park on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, with 40 vendors providing activities for the children of Grant County. The annual event provides information on services that are available to families in Grant County.
Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
Eiley Portillo, 3, with the butterfly bracelet she just made.15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
Girl Scouts membership chair, Annette Toney, watches Joanne Fritsche, 5, cut out a butterfly she colored.
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
Payton Foster plays with a puppy at the High Desert Humane Society booth.
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
Silco Theater Operator Chris Aquino gives the peace sign.
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
John Freeman holds Willow, 14 months, as she feels Darren the D.A.R.E. lion's whiskers.
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
First Born's Chris Jepson and Diana Perea get ready to rumble with the hula hoops.
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
Ariel Alvarado, 10, and J'ysmn Daniels, 9, work on hand puppets at the SASS table.
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
Michele Giese of the Department of Health shows off her hula hoop style.
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
Averii Ahlm, 3, picks a color of paper from Martha Egnal of the Guadalupe Montessori School.
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
Western New Mexico University nursing students Tamara McGrath and Vince Torres help with registration for the event.
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
Ila Rose Duffy, 9, and Lily Myers, 10, try out the climbing wall.
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
Santiago Suba, 8, tries out the yard darts.
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
Kelly Pe+?a, 11, throws the ladder balls as Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition assistant coordinator Cron Chavez looks on.
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
Zerenity and Adayln Guck, 4-year-old twins decorate bottle caps.
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
Samantha Armstrong, 6, concentrates on her coloring.
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
Kathryn Ortiz, 9 months, held by her mother Christine, reaches toward the camera.
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
Kris Gomez and Lesliy Sanchez of Molina Health Care surround Dr. Chloe.
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
Pamela Eaton of New Mexico Lion's Clubs promotes K-3 eye screening in schools, and the Crane Reading Program at Bayard Elementary, among other programs.
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
Mia Martinez, 10, tries to beat her jump roping record at the Big Brothers, Big Sisters table.
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
Alycia Velasquez, 10, creates a heart chain at the El Refugio Inc. table.
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
Cameron Thompson, 2, finds a fossil, with the help of his grandmother, Kimberly Thompson, as Briley Saenz, 2, picks up a dinosaur.
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
The line is long for the Gila Regional Medical Center's cotton candy.15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
15 native foods are shown at The Volunteer Center table. They included black walnuts, pi+?on nuts, sunflower seeds and popcorn flavored with mesquite.
15th Annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2016
Felix Baca, shows off his pumpkin.
