Hundreds attend Mattawa Children’s Day celebration
Local Mattawa youth dancers hold the Mexican flag at the front of the parade procession traveling west on Government Road Saturday during the community’s Children’s Day celebration.
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Children participate in a sack race in Hund Memorial Park during Saturday’s Children’s Day celebration.
The parade along Mattawa’s Government Road kicked off the festivities during Children’s Day Saturday at Hund Memorial Park.
Wahluke School District Board Member Craig Sabin drives a tractor down Government Road for the Mattawa Children’s Day parade Saturday.
Event attendees line up for food and vendors at Hund Memorial Park during the Children’s Day celebration, which also included activities at the Mattawa Public Library, pictured behind the row of trees on the west edge of the park.
Mattawa’s Children’s Day celebration Saturday featured music, food, vendors, informational booths, games, crafts, raffles and prizes and other activities throughout the afternoon and early evening.
A Children’s Day event volunteer pulls a cord to spin candy from the piñata hanging in Hund Memorial Park Saturday as event attendees reach out to catch the flying candy.
Children play with a rubber ball in Hund Memorial Park Saturday, surrounded by Children’s Day festivities.
MATTAWA — Hundreds of residents in and around Mattawa headed to Hund Memorial Park Saturday to celebrate El día de los niños/El día de los libros, also known as Day of the Children and Day of the Book.
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