An Egg-citing Easter Egg Hunt at Fred Fuller Park

A warming trend made for comfortable egg gathering at Fred Fuller Park today.  Hundreds gathered for the annual event with every container from plastic bags to antique wicker baskets to collect the plastic eggs.  The eggs contained candy, a picture, or a number.  Pictures and numbers were later exchanged for prizes in the Roy Smith Shelter House.

Nancy Rice, Recreation Supervisor at the park, organized families today into several age-related groups.  Once she let them loose, the eggs were all claimed in a couple minutes.

Just before the hunt began, the Easter Bunny arrived on a Kent Fire Department truck.  Afterwards children sat on his lap for photos.  As an extra treat, a bald eagle soared low over the crowd while families waited to begin the hunt.

John Idone, Director of Kent Parks and Recreation, said that the adult nighttime egg hunt the previous evening attracted many times the number of people they expected, but was a rousing success.