A free event in downtown Grand Junction will include food and fun also offer information about United Way of Mesa County.

The Unity in Community Festival is set for 4 to 8 p.m. Aug. 25 at the intersection of Seventh and Main streets.

“Our Community in Unity Festival not only serves as our 2022-2023 fund-raising campaign season kickoff, but also an opportunity for our community to learn about the organizational and human service programs we help support through gran funding and the four new direct service programs that are now offered by United Way of Mesa County,” said Keira Clark, community impact and marketing managing for the organization.

The festival will include food from Tacos Del Centenario and Hokulia Shave Ice as well as live music, a climbing wall, bouncy house and face painting. FCI Constructors will sponsor the event.

“We encourage anyone and everyone to stop by, enjoy the local agencies that help thousands of our friends and neighbors each year, and learn how to get involved,” Clark said.

For more information about United Way of Mesa County, call 243-5364 or visit www.unitedwaymesacounty.org.