Photos from Keep Odessa Beautiful’s Planet Trooper Summer Celebration Saturday morning at McKinney park. Planet Troopers is a program organized by Keep Odessa Beautiful to encourage local youth to help pick up litter in Odessa.
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Stella Drenna, 4, green bow, and her sister Sofia, 6, right, hand out gift bags to a family at Odessa Fire Rescue’s tent during the Planet Trooper Summer Celebration Saturday morning at McKinney Park. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Odessa Police Department crime scene technician Amanda Melton, far left, gives a family fingerprints as they visit the various tents set up for the Planet Trooper Summer Celebration Saturday morning at McKinney Park. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
City of Odessa Solid Waste employees Joe Lopez, left, and Cruz Quiroz grills steaks and hotdogs during the Planet Trooper Summer Celebration Saturday morning at McKinney Park. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Permian Basin Master Gardeners volunteer Dale Barnes, right, gives siblings Nalani, 4, and Kaneki Lujan, 3, a lesson in planting seeds during the Planet Trooper Summer Celebration Saturday morning at McKinney Park. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Permian Basin Master Gardeners volunteer Dale Barnes, right, gives siblings Nalani, 4, center, and Kaneki Lujan, 3, center left, a lesson in planting seeds during the Planet Trooper Summer Celebration Saturday morning at McKinney Park. Planet Troopers is a program organized by Keep Odessa Beautiful to encourage local youth to help pick up litter in Odessa. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Keep Odessa Beautiful events coordinator Alicia Menard, left, hands the lujan family gift bags during the Planet Trooper Summer Celebration Saturday morning at McKinney Park. Planet Troopers is a program organized by Keep Odessa Beautiful to encourage local youth to help pick up litter in Odessa. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Alyna Hernandez, 7, fills up her snow cone with Watermelon Wave flavor as she takes part in the Planet Trooper Summer Celebration Saturday morning at McKinney Park. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Children play in the McKinney Park Splash Pad during the Planet Trooper Summer Celebration Saturday morning in Odessa. Planet Troopers is a program organized by Keep Odessa Beautiful to encourage local youth to help pick up litter in Odessa. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Sofia Drenna, 6, left, sprays Odessa Fire Rescue firefighter Jeremiah Sanchez, right, with a water cannon as she plays in the McKinney Park Splash Pad with her sister Stella, 4, center, during the Planet Trooper Summer Celebration Saturday morning in Odessa. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
