OXFORD – The Oxford Rotary Club sponsored its 6th Annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 4. The free Easter egg event, which continues to grow bigger and better each year, took place in the safety of the Oxford Academy Primary School’s playground. Mother Nature surprised everyone with strong cold winds and intermittent snow, but plucky youngsters arrived bundled-up, with their parents in tow. They were ready to go hunting for thousands of Easter eggs.
Rotary members hid the brilliantly colored eggs all over the school playground for the children to find. Eggs were hidden in age appropriate hiding places made possible with snow fencing which helped section off an egg hunt area just for little ones in pre-school. The rest of the playground area worked well for the older children through fourth grade, where eggs could be hidden in more ‘challenging spaces.’
Once the simultaneous egg hunts began, all the quick little bunnies hopped to it and were done finding all the eggs in about fifteen minutes.
There was still more fun to be had as all the colored eggs had to be opened to find out who got the three special eggs with the winning tickets. The winners were Joshua Beckwith, Kurt Rheinheimer and Sarah Golden. They all got beautiful stuffed animals and $5 gift certificates to Hoppie’s.
The Oxford Rotary Club would like to thank everyone who helped make this possible, the Oxford school for their gracious use of the playground, and all the people of Oxford for their continued support of this event and the other activities sponsored by the Oxford Rotary Club.
The Oxford Rotary helps to support community programs such as the Rotary Youth Leadership Award, International Student Exchange program, and the annual college scholarships. Rotary also gives to worthwhile world causes such as the elimination of polio globally. For more about the Oxford Rotary, visit the new website provided by Woollybear Web at www.oxfordrotary.com/ or contact president, Sandra J. Phetteplace, E-mail: sphetteplace@nbtbank.com or call 843-6473.