The City of Odessa’s Code Enforcement Department hosted a Block Party Friday evening at McKinney Park. The event featured various games for children, raffles children’s bikes and other toys, and a movie in the park. Odessa Fire Rescue and Medical Center Hospital also made an appearance with firefighters and paramedics giving children and their families tours of a fire engine and an ambulance while the hospital gave out free doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
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City of Odessa Code Enforcement Education Officer Darlene Mays, in orange, guides family to registration before the start of the Code Enforcement Block Party Friday evening at McKinney Park. The Block Party featured games for children, raffles, free vaccinations, and a movie in the park. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Code Enforcement Block Party volunteers hand out t-shirts to children before the start of the City of Odessa Code Enforcement Block Party Friday evening at McKinney Park. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Code Enforcement Block Party volunteers hand out t-shirts to children before the start of the City of Odessa Code Enforcement Block Party Friday evening at McKinney Park. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
City of Odessa Code Enforcement Field Supervisor Oscar Ortega, right, hands out water to families as they arrive at the Code Enforcement Block Party Friday evening at McKinney Park. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Children play with water guns at a game station at the start of the City of Odessa Code Enforcement Block Party Friday evening at McKinney Park. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Children play with water guns at a game station at the start of the City of Odessa Code Enforcement Block Party Friday evening at McKinney Park. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Bella Vasquez, 8, left, sprays water at the City of Odessa’s Code Enforcement Education Officer Darlene Mays while playing games at the start of the City of Odessa Code Enforcement Block Party Friday evening at McKinney Park. The Block Party featured games for children, raffles, free vaccinations, and a movie in the park. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
James Cooks, 15, far left, shoots a basket while playing basketball with friends before the start of the City of Odessa Code Enforcement Block Party Friday evening at McKinney Park. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
The Miranda and Navarette families walk down a path at Mckinney Park before the start of the City of Odessa Code Enforcement Block Party Friday evening in Odessa. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Children and their families line up for snow cones from Kona Ice while attending the City of Odessa Code Enforcement Block Party Friday evening at McKinney Park. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Odessa Fire Rescue paramedics give a tour of their ambulance to a group of children at the City of Odessa Code Enforcement Block Party Friday evening at McKinney Park. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Odessa Fire Rescue paramedic Caleb Kenner, center, gives a tour of an ambulance to a group of children during the City of Odessa Code Enforcement Block Party Friday evening at McKinney Park. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Tunisia Collins, second from left, takes a photo of Kayla Davis, 6, as she poses with a firefighter’s axe after receiving a tour of one of Odessa Fire Rescue’s engine trucks during the City of Odessa Code Enforcement Block Party Friday evening at McKinney Park. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Children play on the playground during the City of Odessa Code Enforcement Block Party Friday evening at McKinney Park. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Children play in the McKinney Park Splash Pad during the City of Odessa Code Enforcement Block Party Friday evening at McKinney Park. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Children sit under the water drop as they play at the McKinney Park Splash Pad during the City of Odessa Code Enforcement Block Party Friday evening at McKinney Park. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Medical Center Hospital’s Emergency Management Coordinator Amanda Everett, left, administers the first dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to Tracy Haynes during the City of Odessa Code Enforcement Block Party Friday evening at McKinney Park. The Block Party featured games for children, raffles, free vaccinations, and a movie in the park. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Two children play tug-of-war while attending the City of Odessa Code Enforcement Block Party Friday evening at McKinney Park. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Matthew Carbajal, 2, munches on some popcorn while attending the City of Odessa Code Enforcement Block Party with his family Friday evening at McKinney Park. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
