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player ready...Children brought their baskets to Ralph Seyller Memorial Park in Hampshire on Saturday morning so they could search for plastic eggs filled with treats and pose with the Easter Bunny.
The egg hunt, that drew 160 participants, was run by the Hampshire Township Park District and sponsored by Ella Johnson Memorial Public Library, 109 S. State Street in Hampshire.
“This is a fun event,” said Dawn Cummins, children’s services manager at the library. “We enjoy partnering with the park district.”
Abby Vaughan drove to the egg hunt with her son, Grant, 2, from their home in Pulaski, Wisconsin, to share the fun with Abby’s sister, Rebecca O’Connor, and Rebecca’s daughter, Shelby, 2, of Hampshire.
For the past eight years, children who once attended Monkey Do Licensed Home Child Care in Hampshire have gathered at the egg hunt with children attending the day care operation.
“After the egg hunt, we go to Jameson’s Charhouse in Huntley for brunch,” said Austin, owner of Monkey Do. “We have a total of 25 people this year that includes children and their parents.”
The Hampshire park district has announced that another children’s event this month will be the annual Daddy/Daughter Cinderella Ball from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 29, in the Gary D. Wright Elementary School gym in Hampshire. Cinderella will be the hostess, and a disc jockey will play fairy tale music. The registration deadline is Friday, April 21.
Denise Moran is a freelance reporter for The Courier-News.