After a day of rain and winds on Saturday, Neptune Recreation’s Egg Hunt was moved to Tuesday, March 26 at 6pm. With the extra days to dry out the fields at Bert Willis Park were ready to host the event. Children raced for their bounty of colored eggs across all three fields this past cool and cloudy Tuesday evening.
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.
After some time to award the golden egg finders, and for the volunteers to reset the fields was the 3rd Annual Egg Hunt at Dusk for children in 6th through 9th grades. 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, and a handful of golden eggs that promised a larger prize. There was even a large golden egg stuffed with extra goodies this year too!
A huge thank you to Imperial Healthcare and Cris Brown for providing prizes for the golden eggs at the Dusk event and giveaways throughout both Egg Hunts.
Thanks to Mayor Tassie York, Deputy Mayor Robert Lane, and Township Committee Member Keith Cafferty for joining in the festivities and lending a helping hand. A special thank you to helpers: Patty Sneddon, Cathy Crelin, Neptune High School Student Council, Neptune Township Police for their help at the event, and to Neptune Department of Public Works in preparing the park for a great event.
