Latino conservation week festival
A child reaches to pollinate the flowers on Saturday at Columbia College Amphitheater. This is one of the many activities available to help educate children on the importance of conservation efforts at the Latino Conservation Week Festival.
A group of Columbia College and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service workers set up poster boards for the The Latino Conservation Week Festival on Saturday at the Columbia College amphitheater. The Latino Conservation Week Festival was the first of its kind in Columbia.
Giveaways for participants included fishing lures, bracelets, pocket first aid kits and milkweed plants. The Latino Conservation Week Festival also had educational pamphlets at their table.
Children and parents gather around a temporary pond to fish for toy animals at the Latino Conservation Week Festival on Saturday at the Columbia College amphitheater. Participants engaged in conversations about Latino voices in conservation while playing games, crafting, receiving giveaways and participating in a story time.
Animal furs dangle off of a table with games on it on Saturday at the Columbia College amphitheater in Columbia. Festival participants could touch the furs.
Sajoelis Abdallah-Colon, left, and Gabriela Wolf-Gonzalez “pollinate” flowers with paint dust on Saturday at the Columbia College amphitheater. “We really want to let the community know there is a Latino presence here and we want to build relationships; so that they can tell us what they want or need,” Abdallah-Colon said.
Educational opportunities were available at the Latino Conservation Week Festival on Saturday at the Columbia College amphitheater in Columbia. Pictured is a frame of butterflies with their scientific name.