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BYUI Students Host Watermelon Waddle

by Melanie Tree | Jun 30, 2026 | Community | 0 comments

The Watermelon Waddle was hosted at Porter Park on June 27.

Nursing students at BYUI partnered with local nonprofits, including The Family Crisis Center, North Folk Counseling Center, and Eastern Idaho Public Health, to launch the Watermelon Waddle event.

"In your fourth semester, you take a class called Population Health, and so we have to do a community project where we find a discrepancy or disparity in the community, and then we find resources, and we go through the community to try and find resources," Kyra Burnham, a BYUI student, said.

3 watermelons
Three watermelons. Image credit: Melanie Tree

BYUI students competing in the Watermelon Waddle
BYUI students competing in the Watermelon Waddle. Image credit: Melanie Tree

BYUI students putting diapers on baby dolls.
BYUI students putting diapers on baby dolls. Image credit: Melanie Tree

A booth at the Watermelon Waddle teaching about women's health.
A booth at the Watermelon Waddle teaching about women's health. Image credit: Melanie Tree

Two BYUI students competing in the Watermelon Waddle.
Two BYUI students competing in the Watermelon Waddle. Image credit: Melanie Tree

The baby dolls that contestants put diapers on.
The baby dolls that contestants put diapers on. Image credit: Melanie Tree

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