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The season’s final Lunchbox Lemonade event will be held Thursday, Aug. 21, at the Splash Pad on Plaza de Las Cruces.

The Lunchbox Lemonade event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, at the Plaza de Las Cruces Splash Pad, 100 N. Main St.

The Lunchbox Lemonade series, hosted by the Las Cruces Police Department’s Community Outreach Team with assistance from Raising Cane’s, encourages Las Cruces residents of all ages to have lunch with the Community Outreach Team at an area splash pad. Participants can visit with team members, discuss police matters and share their concerns about public safety while their kids cool off in the splash pad.

Participants are encouraged to bring their own sack lunch. LCPD will provide free popsicles and Raising Cane’s will supply free lemonade for all attendees.

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