2010 Annual Easter Egg Hunt In Clovis, California

As usual, spring season arrived in Clovis and thelined up shoulder-to-shoulder and listened to the
Central Valley of California around the middle ofinstructions about the race. I was impressed to
February, a bit earlier than many parts of thesee how these children were so well behaved and
country. The local folks here have been enjoyingsuch good listeners. They knew how to follow the
sunny weather and light cool breezes throughoutrules of the games, and they participated in the
the day, with colorful flower petals floating on theraces in a fun manner.
breeze in many parts of the city.I was amazed that I did not see a single temper
Spring and Easter celebration go together just liketantrum or quarrel, and I did not see any
Ham and Eggs.bullying. In fact, I saw children helping and
One of the highlight activities for many children incooperating with each other. I attribute that to
the City of Clovis during the Easter vacation isgood parenting.
the annual Easter egg hunt. Each spring, the ClovisWhile the children were involved in games and
Recreation Department organizes the Easter eggraces on one side of the park, the staff
hunt at the Bicentennial Park on Sunnysidescattered bi-colored plastic eggs on the grass on
Avenue for children age 11 and under.the other half of the park. Then, children were
On a beautiful, crisp morning on Saturday, 27th ofdivided into two groups -- age five and younger
March, many children came to the park with theirand six and older. The signal was given to start
parents and grandparents. In their hands, theythe hunt, and in less than ten minutes, hundreds
carried Easter baskets in various shapes, sizesand hundreds of Easter eggs got picked up. It
and colors. One could see many bright smilingwas enjoyable to watch the children scurry on
faces and excited anticipation among the adultsthe grass to pick up the eggs. Many children soon
and children as Clovis fire trucks pulled into thehad their baskets filled with eggs. Some of the
park.smaller children had only few eggs in their
Wearing bunny ears over their hard hats, thebaskets, but they seemed to enjoy each egg
Clovis firefighters decorated their classic modelthat they picked up, rather going for quantity. The
fire truck with red balloons and lent their hands toparents seemed to have such a good time
the staff of the Clovis Recreation Department tocoaching their kids from the sidewalks.
help entertain the children until time to hunt EasterCongratulations and many thanks to the staff of
eggs. Soon, many children also had the bunnythe Clovis Recreation Department and the Clovis
ears on as they eagerly clutched their baskets.fire fighters for organizing such a fun-filled Easter
Some of the children waited in line to receive redegg hunt!
balloons from the fire fighters. Then, Easter BunnyTo see photos of Clovis Annual Easter Egg Hunt,
made her appearance. Expectedly, many childrenplease visit our community magazine at the
were delighted and jumped up and down as thefollowing link: .
giant Easter Bunny visited them.Source: Copyright © 2010 JoAnne Green Do not
There were several games and contests for therepublish or repost photos or text without written
kids before egg-hunting time. Children were dividedpermission.
into three age groups for different activities. IDo not extract quotes without proper credit.
decided to watch the egg-on-spoon races on onePlagiarism is a crime.
side of the park. There, children of age 6 to 11