Article and Photos by Shirin McArthur
2014 Mimbres Health Fair and Harvest Festival
Mimbres Health Fair and Harvest Festival 2014
It was a perfect day for the Mimbres Valley Harvest Festival.
Mimbres Health Fair and Harvest Festival 2014
Tyler Powers shows off one of the DJG??s Farm Friesian horses.
Mimbres Health Fair and Harvest Festival 2014
Zachary Flores, 2, and his grandpa Edward Flores admire the Friesian horses.
Mimbres Health Fair and Harvest Festival 2014
The Medivac helicopter lands outside the Health Fair building.
Mimbres Health Fair and Harvest Festival 2014
Sherri McClellan (left) and Deeandra Garcia (right), nursing students at WNMU, assist theWalgreens staff by administering free flu shots.
Mimbres Health Fair and Harvest Festival 2014
Fair goers enjoyed lunch under the shade of a tent.
Mimbres Health Fair and Harvest Festival 2014
RJ Villanueva, 10, and his brother Aaden, 6, help Paula Norero thoroughly mix the raffletickets.
Mimbres Health Fair and Harvest Festival 2014
Marlee Mertes, 10, and Nikolas Ortiz, 8, show off the itemsthey have collected at the Health Fair, which was sponsored by the Grant County Community Health Council.
Mimbres Health Fair and Harvest Festival 2014
For those brave enough to enter, the Health Council had an inflatable colon on display.
Mimbres Health Fair and Harvest Festival 2014
KG??Dawn Jackson, Outreach and Enrollment Program Manager for Hidalgo Medical Services(left), and her colleague Deborah Smith, Registered Dietician (right), discuss theirprograms with a visitor.
Mimbres Health Fair and Harvest Festival 2014
Linda Salaiz (left) gets her blood pressure checked by WNMU nursing student Rachael Turman (right).
Cars lined both sides of the streets in Mimbres on Saturday, Oct. 11, as people flocked to the 2014 Mimbres Health Fair and Mimbres Valley Harvest Festival, both held on the grounds of San Lorenzo School.
With everything from free health screenings and flu shots to a visit by a Medivac helicopter, there was fun in the sun and lots to learn for everyone.