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Easter egg hunt is ON!
About 100 children from the Annapolis communities of Admiral Heights, Germantown and Homewood participated in a joint Easter egg hunt.
Between 4:30 and 5 a.m. the rain poured down and the thunder boomed. Would the weather clear up for the Easter egg hunt scheduled for 11 a.m. on April 13?
At 9 a.m. a beehive of activity existed around the area where the Easter egg hunt was to be held. Road work was being done in the Germantown-Homewood area. Seven dogs of all types and sizes and their accompanying humans were walking, running or trotting around the trail adjacent to Studio 39, the Germantown Elementary School and the Phoenix Academy.
A lacrosse practice was going on behind Germantown Elementary School and two girls were debating the wisdom of going down a wet slide on a playground near Studio 39.
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With all these other activities going on, surely the Easter egg hunt would still be on. It was. Between 9:30 and 9:45 a.m. volunteers began showing up to stuff eggs, hide eggs, section off areas for the 1-to-3-year-olds, 4-to-6-year-olds, and those ages 7 and up. The volunteers finished with 15 minutes to spare and most went home to bring their children to the event.
At first the children straggled in, one or two at a time. Then, it seemed that more than 100 children were suddenly there to look for about 1,500 Easter eggs. The wait was brief -- just time enough for some children to be greeted by the Easter Bunny (Judy Farrell) and others to check out the patrol car of Cpl. Scott McAdoo, the community outreach officer for the Anne Arundel County Police Department’s Eastern District.
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To help the children avoid any hamstring injuries in the mad dash to gather eggs, McAdoo led the children in some warmup exercises. Then, the children were off and running, grabbing a egg here, an egg there, rapidly filling up their containers with eggs.
Was it five minutes? Ten minutes? It seemed like in practically no time at all, all the eggs had been collected and the children were proudly displaying their prizes to friends and family members. The hunt may have been over, but everyone lingered to visit with the Easter Bunny, to see the patrol car, and to play on the playgrounds which had miraculously dried off. The children scattered – to the slides and monkey bars, to play tug of war, to bike or run along the trails or in the open area.
Thanks to Keren Lotfi who coordinated the event and the many volunteers who helped her make it a success.
