By Brett Fisher

  • Photos by Brett Fisher. Families enjoy the festivities at Saturday's Family Fun Day.
    Photos by Brett Fisher. Families enjoy the festivities at Saturday’s Family Fun Day.
  • Food trucks and vendors line one side of Mills Park.
    Food trucks and vendors line one side of Mills Park.
  • The Pirates of Reno place a young visitor in the stockade.
    The Pirates of Reno place a young visitor in the stockade.
  • A Union soldier walks along vendor row Saturday at Mills Park.
    A Union soldier walks along vendor row Saturday at Mills Park.
  • A boy gleefully bounces from the bungee lines.
    A boy gleefully bounces from the bungee lines.
  • A boy rides a mechanical bull Saturday at Mills Park.
    A boy rides a mechanical bull Saturday at Mills Park.
  • The Carson City Railroad passed through vendor row on its way back to the station.
    The Carson City Railroad passed through vendor row on its way back to the station.
  • The Carson City Railroad unloads passengers at the station.
    The Carson City Railroad unloads passengers at the station.
  • Cassidy Davis at the Faith Hope Love of Northern Nevada tent.
    Cassidy Davis at the Faith Hope Love of Northern Nevada tent.
  • Railroad crossing at vendor row in Mills Park.
    Railroad crossing at vendor row in Mills Park.
  • Bounce slides in the Kids Zone Saturday.
    Bounce slides in the Kids Zone Saturday.
  • The Selfie Booth at the Northern Nevada Fun Day.
    The Selfie Booth at the Northern Nevada Fun Day.
  • Vendor row in Mills Park.
    Vendor row in Mills Park.
  • Vendor row in Mills Park.
    Vendor row in Mills Park.
  • Baked goods vendor at Northern Nevada Fun Day.
    Baked goods vendor at Northern Nevada Fun Day.
  • Vendor tent decked out in pink.
    Vendor tent decked out in pink.
  • A boy on the bungee lines in the Kids Zone at Mills Park.
    A boy on the bungee lines in the Kids Zone at Mills Park.
  • A pair of Confederate soldiers flanked by American flags.
    A pair of Confederate soldiers flanked by American flags.
  • Bikers Against Child Abuse with their bikes in the foreground.
    Bikers Against Child Abuse with their bikes in the foreground.
  • Motorcycles of Bikers Against Child Abuse parked in Mills Park.
    Motorcycles of Bikers Against Child Abuse parked in Mills Park.
  • Motorcycle chrome.
    Motorcycle chrome.
  • Ladies dressed in period costume.
    Ladies dressed in period costume.
  • United Blood Services blood mobile at Mills Park.
    United Blood Services blood mobile at Mills Park.
  • The pirate ship of the Pirates of Reno.
    The pirate ship of the Pirates of Reno.
  • The Pirates of Reno.
    The Pirates of Reno.
  • Billy Yank and Johnny Reb under a shade tree Saturday at Mills Park.
    Billy Yank and Johnny Reb under a shade tree Saturday at Mills Park.

Fun for a good cause has drawn families from across the region to Mills Park in Carson City Saturday for the inaugural Northern Nevada Family Fun Day, organized by Faith Hope Love of Northern Nevada.

Visitors to the event are enjoying live music, a diverse food menu from which to choose, dozens of product and service vendors, and a host of family-friendly activities designed to bring back the spirit of wholesome community fun.

Overall proceeds from the festival go to Faith Hope Love of Northern Nevada, a charitable community of families that provide relief to the homeless and needy families throughout the region.

However, many individual vendors are also raising funds to benefit their own charitable causes.

Among them are the Pirates of Reno, Bikers Against Child Abuse, and United Blood Services, whose blood mobile is currently taking in donations.

Attendance at the Northern Nevada Family Fun Day is free. Only the individual activities have costs.

There is still time to enjoy the day’s festivities at Mills Park. The fun continues there until 9 p.m. tonight.

For more information about Faith Hope Love of Northern Nevada, visit its web page here, or find it on Facebook here.