PVCC Hosts Annual Easter Egg Hunt
Jessica Adkins, assistant editor
Saturday, April 20, was a beautiful, sunny Spring day. It was perfect weather to host PVCC’s annual Easter Egg hunt. The Volunteer Club collaborated with The Forum Club to organize the Easter Egg Hunt.
The activities at the event included coloring, board games, face painting, pictures with Pouncer the Panther, and the Easter egg hunt itself, which then led to the raffle for prizes.
There were two egg hunts for two different age groups. The first group was for 4 years old and under and the second group was for children older than 4. People started showing up at 9:45 a.m., even though the egg hunt for the younger kids did not start until 10:30 a.m.
For the raffle, instead of putting candy in the Easter eggs, each egg contained at least one raffle ticket that would be used in the raffling of the prizes. There was even a golden egg that had many tickets in it to better a person’s chances of winning a great prize.
If a person did not win anything from the raffle, they did not leave empty-handed. Everyone who did not receive a raffle prize got a bag of candy. There were also separate candy bags for children with nut allergies. Todd Platts said, “Putting tickets in the eggs was a mistake. Next time there will be no more tickets than prizes. Next year’s prizes will be name brand because that is what the kids seem to like.”
Along with prizes, the volunteers handed out free concessions. After hunting for Easter Eggs, children had the choice to enjoy snacks and juice, but many were too excited to see if they had won any of the prizes.
PVCC’s mascot Pouncer the Panther mingled and posed outside on the Patio or inside with the board games and coloring pages. There were many photo opportunities with the terrifyingly cute feline.
The indoor activities included a Play-Doh table, several tables with coloring pages for kids to color, and various games such as large checkers and giant Jenga. Many of the younger kids were inside coloring while the older kids were outside playing yard games.
Platts said, “I think one of the neat things is the fact that it attracts a diverse crowd of people. It’s kind of rare that kids like that can get together for something because they often live apart.”
