Maria wanted to paint her face as a cat to get a feel for
how she would look with her costume on Halloween.
"I like cats, so I wanted to have whiskers painted on my
face," Maria said in Spanish.
Stephanie said in Spanish that she "enjoyed the music
being played, the face-painting and the popcorn the most."
Five-year-old Michelle Rodriguez was playing with a pair
of balloons she had won in a game.
Rodriguez said her favorite holiday is Halloween because
everyone gets to dress up as their favorite character.
"[For Halloween,] I want to be a princess with a red
dress," she said.
Mayra Cardenas, a senior education major and president of
the Civic Engagement Scholars Club, said the purpose of the fair was to
promote a fun and safe environment where children could enjoy themselves in
case they might not be able to go trick-or-treating Halloween night.
Cardenas said she was primarily in charge of decorating
and gathering clubs and student organizations to participate in the event.
"We just wanted to give a safe environment for the kids
here at Buena Vida and we also wanted to give UTB/TSC students the
opportunity to give back during … Halloween," she said. "We have different
games and prizes and toys for the kids, as well as safety tables and
face-painting, arts and crafts."
Civic Engagement Scholars Club member Sigrid Razo also
helped organize the event and entertain the children who attended.
She said the fair was a good substitute for Halloween
Extravaganza, which the university decided not to sponsor this year.
"We always do an event every month, so that the students
at UTB have the opportunity to volunteer and do something for the
community," Razo said of the Civic Engagement Center.
Other student organizations that participated in the
event were Café Literario, the Emergency Medical Science Club, Sigma Psi
Delta sorority, Chi Alpha Campus Ministries and Associate Master Technical
Instructor Karon Jahn’s speech class.
"For the most part, I think we had a successful event," Cardenas said.
