Easter Egg Hunt 2007
Over 9,000 brightly colored
Easter eggs dotted the Gary Depken Field for the Annual Easter
Egg Hunt held on Saturday, March 31st at 10:00 a.m.
An
estimated 300 Heights Pre-schoolers through Third Graders
participated and about 200 adults watched the event on a sunny
spring morning.
The
field was set up into three sections. The three part egg hunt
began with four to five year old children in Pre-K lined up
on the north side of the field by event organizers. Parents
were chased away, leaving only the eager children with their
empty Easter baskets.
Police
Chief Michael Colaneri began a countdown, blew his whistle
and quickly stepped away as the children ran across the field
to collect as many eggs as they could.
Some
plastic eggs contained a small toy, but a few eggs held an
orange ticket, redeemable for a prize. This sequence continued
for K through First Graders in the center section and Second
and Third Graders on the south section.
After
the egg hunt, those children who had found the eggs with the
"ticket," could redeem it for a toy prize.
The
Easter Bunny visited, handed out an Easter toy and was available
for photos by delighted parents and grandparents.
No
one could recall when this event began, but many adults remember
collecting eggs when they were youngsters.
Free
tickets were distributed through the elementary schools and
were also available at the Boro Clerk's Office at 320 Boulevard.
This
event was sponsored by the Mayor's Celebration Committee.
About
20 members of the Hasbrouck Heights Fire Department were on
standby with their equipment at Depken Field during the event.
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