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Annual Easter Egg Hunt in
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Story, Photos & Slide Show by JoAnne Green
March 29, 2010
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As usual, spring season arrived in Clovis
and the Central
Valley of California around the middle of
February, a bit earlier than many parts of
the country. The local folks here have been
enjoying sunny weather and light cool
breezes throughout the day, with
colorful flower petals floating on the
breeze in many parts
of the city.
Spring and Easter celebration go together
just like Ham and Eggs.
One of the highlight activities for
many children in the City of Clovis during
the Easter vacation is the annual Easter egg hunt. Each
spring, the Clovis Recreation Department
organizes the Easter egg hunt at the
Bicentennial Park on Sunnyside Avenue for
children age 11 and under.
On a beautiful, crisp morning on Saturday,
27th of March, many children came to the
park with their parents and grandparents. In
their hands, they carried Easter baskets in
various shapes, sizes and colors. One could
see many bright smiling faces and excited anticipation
among the adults and children as Clovis fire
trucks pulled into the park.
Story continued
below.
To
hear the music with the slide show, please turn on your
speaker.
Wearing bunny ears over their hard hats, the
Clovis firefighters decorated their classic
model fire truck with red balloons and lent their hands to the
staff of the Clovis Recreation Department to
help
entertain the children until time to hunt
Easter eggs. Soon, many children
also had the bunny ears on as they eagerly
clutched their baskets. Some of the children
waited in line to receive red
balloons from the fire fighters. Then,
Easter Bunny made her appearance.
Expectedly, many children were delighted and
jumped up and down as the giant Easter Bunny visited
them.
There were several games and contests for
the kids before egg-hunting time. Children
were divided into three age groups for
different activities. I decided to watch the
egg-on-spoon races on one side of the park.
There, children of age 6 to 11 lined up
shoulder-to-shoulder and listened to the
instructions about the race. I was impressed
to see how these children were so well
behaved and such good
listeners. They knew how to follow the
rules of the games, and they participated in the
races in a fun manner.
I was amazed that I did not see a single
temper tantrum or quarrel, and I did not see
any bullying. In fact, I saw children
helping and cooperating with each other. I
attribute that to good parenting.
While the children were involved in games
and races on one side of the park, the
staff scattered bi-colored plastic eggs on
the grass on the other half of the park.
Then, children were divided into two groups
-- age five and younger and six and older.
The signal was given to start the hunt, and
in less than ten minutes, hundreds and hundreds of Easter eggs got picked up. It
was enjoyable to watch the children scurry on
the grass to pick up the eggs. Many children
soon had their baskets filled with eggs.
Some of the smaller children had only few eggs in their baskets,
but they seemed to enjoy each egg that they
picked up, rather going for quantity. The
parents seemed to have such a good time
coaching their kids from the sidewalks.
Congratulations and many thanks to the staff
of the Clovis Recreation Department and the
Clovis fire fighters for organizing such a
fun-filled Easter egg hunt!
God Bless You All!
Source:
www.ExperienceClovis.com
Copyright © 2010-2011 JoAnne Green
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Have an
Awesome Day and Experience in
Clovis and Central California!
Clovis is what every
small town
aspires to be
when it grows up!SM
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