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Saturday,
March 26, 2016: Volunteers from the
Brainerd
Rotary Club gathered at Lum Park in Brainerd to put on the
annual Easter Egg Hunt. It is a Brainerd Parks and Recreation event, but the money and manpower are provided by Rotary. |
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They filled bags
with candy.
Some 500 bags to be exact. |
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Even retired people helped in this effort. |
Paula is Project Coordinator for the Easter
Egg Hunt. She is a busy lady. |
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SOME Rotarians
were found in the break room downing donuts. SOME young
volunteers were discovered doing the same thing! |
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Brainerd and Baxter royalty showed up to the
delight of the attendees.....especially Mark! |
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Thousands of plastic Easter eggs were distributed across the park so kids could hunt for them. |
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Then the
photographs started. First with the face-through sign and then with the
Easter Bunny. |
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The bunny even got a high-five that day. |
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Then the hunt began. Kids headed out to collect eggs. | |
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Then the eggs were brought
back.
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The reward was bags of candy. Lots of happy kids that day. | |
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The Easter Bunny's next stops were at
area nursing and assisted living homes. The bunny was a surprise
and and was warmly welcomed. |
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Finally someone thought to offer the "hungry" bunny a carrot. Nice going! |
Quote of the day:
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Questions, Comments? Email Mark Persons teki@mwpersons.com |
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page last edited 03/28/2016