It was a cold yet sunny day on Saturday, March 28 when Neptune Recreation’s Egg Hunt was held. Children raced for their bounty of pastel-colored eggs across the two softball outfields filled with goodies.
Children from ages pre-k through 5th grade made short work of gathering up 4,000+ brightly colored eggs, each containing a small toy or wrapped candy. There were 36 lucky individuals who found golden eggs mixed in with the pastel-colored eggs. These golden eggs earned the individual a large chocolate bunny and gift card to McDonalds. Additionally, there were some solid chocolate bunnies on each field for the youth to find thanks to sponsor Imperial Healthcare.
On Tuesday, March 31 was the 5th Annual Egg Hunt at Dusk for children in 6th through 9th grade. This year approximately 40 youth searched for eggs in the dark using headlamps, flashlights, glowsticks, or their phones to light up the one field in search of a thousand candy filled eggs, prize spheres, and a handful of golden eggs that promised a larger prize. Each participant also left with a chocolate bunny.
A huge thank you to Imperial Healthcare and Cris Brown for providing prizes for the golden eggs at the Dusk event and giveaways at both Egg Hunts.
With the great weather, Tuesday also saw a few extra paws at the Bert Willis Dog Park to have their picture taken with Peter Cottontail. For posing so well these dogs got a Milk Bone treat at the first of such events at the Dog Park that opened last year.
A special thank you to helpers: Patty Sneddon, Cathy Crelin, Neptune High School Student Council, Niarra Harvey, Bridgete James, Jessie & Darby Thompson, Neptune Township Police for their help at the event, and to Neptune Department of Public Works in preparing the park for a great event.
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