Photos and article by Lynn Janes
Easter Egg Hunt at Bataan Memorial Park 041622
Easter Egg Hunt at Bataan Memorial Park 041622
By the bouncy house
Easter Egg Hunt at Bataan Memorial Park 041622
The eggs are out ready for the kids to gather them
Easter Egg Hunt at Bataan Memorial Park 041622
Unidentified man with hat shakes hands with Rep. Luis Terrazas, one of the sponsors of the Easter Egg hunt
Easter Egg Hunt at Bataan Memorial Park 041622
Mom and her little girl gathering eggs
Easter Egg Hunt at Bataan Memorial Park 041622
And Dad helps as his little girl runs to catch up
Easter Egg Hunt at Bataan Memorial Park 041622
Parents and kids ready to head out to find eggs or head to the bouncy house.
Easter Egg Hunt at Bataan Memorial Park 041622
Posing with Darren the D.A.R.E. Lion
Easter Egg Hunt at Bataan Memorial Park 041622
At the concession stand. Robert Padilla in blue shirt and bunny ears was one of the organizers
Easter Egg Hunt at Bataan Memorial Park 041622
Kids scatter all over the field
Easter Egg Hunt at Bataan Memorial Park 041622
An Easter Bunny and kids finding lots of eggs
Easter Egg Hunt at Bataan Memorial Park 041622
Wow, look at all the eggs going into baskets
Easter Egg Hunt at Bataan Memorial Park 041622
Is the Easter Bunny helping the kids?
Easter Egg Hunt at Bataan Memorial Park 041622
Are there any eggs left to find?
Easter Egg Hunt at Bataan Memorial Park 041622
Still gathering.
Easter Egg Hunt at Bataan Memorial Park 041622
One last visit to the bouncy house before heading to Silver City for the Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt
The Easter bunny outdid himself on April 16, 2022, at the Bataan memorial. He left 50,000 eggs for the kids to pick up. For the kids that found the 60 golden eggs they got an additional prize.
The Easter bunny greeted all the kids and led them on to the field to get the eggs each time.
The event started at 10 am and they had a bouncy castle for the kids and lots of hot dogs and beverages for everyone.
At 11:00 am the younger kids got to go to the upper field with the Easter bunny and at 12:00 noon the older kids had the Easter bunny take them to the lower field to collect eggs. Some kids came late, and the Easter bunny arranged to have the other upper field filled with eggs. Two Easter bunnies came for the event. One was very quiet and didn't speak
The D.A.R.E. lion came to wish the kids Happy Easter. Anyone wanting a picture with him could get one. The sheriff's department along with Sheriff Frank Gomez came to give away items to the public.
Robert Padilla from the Santa Clara action committee organized the event and the talkative Easter bunny (Raul Turrieta) helped also. Jim and Debbie Nennich of W&N Enterprises and Rep. Luis Terrazas sponsored the event.
[Editor's Note: Sorry this is so late. I'm trying really hard to catch up with meetings and activities, but when everything opened up again, it put me behind!]