KENT, Conn.—New Englanders are nothing if not prepared for changes in the weather. So, with cold, wet weather threatening to frost the Easter Bunny’s toes, the Parks and Recreation Commission acted to bring the annual egg hunt into the multipurpose room at Kent Center School last Saturday.
They’re off! Youngsters were quick out of the gate last Saturday morning during the annual Parks and Recreation Easter Egg Hunt. The event was forced indoors at Kent Center School by a spring storm that left the playing fields covered with snow. Photo by Kathryn Boughton“But the race belongs not onto the swift.” One-year-old Liam Pruitt was too young to gather eggs, but he still managed to make off with a couple before the egg hunt began. Photo by Kathryn Boughton
The children were divided into two categories—tots and those slightly older. The auditorium floor was littered with colorful plastic eggs that were quickly scooped up by charging children, some of whom then sat down to go through their baskets to open their eggs in search of either candy or prize slips.
There were prizes for those who found golden eggs with different prizes indicated inside, including bunny ears, foam gliders, sunglasses and water bottles. The grand prize, a free session at Camp Kent, went to the discoverer of a lime green egg. John Donzella snagged the top prize.
Rebecca, Hazel, Kyle and Tristyn Cole, left to right, examine the prizes contained in their plastic eggs following Saturday’s Easter Egg Hunt at Kent Center School. Photo by Kathryn BoughtonSocheata Hussain, of Kent, points to an egg for her son, Caleb Hussain. It was the toddler’s first time participating in EGGstravaganza put on by Kent Parks & Recreation. Photo by Andrea Schoeny Howie and Edie Bernard, of Kent, show off their golden eggs they collected during Saturday’s EGGstravaganza at Kent Center School. The golden eggs contained tokens to turn in for bigger prizes like sunglasses and bunny ear headbands. Photo by Andrea Schoeny
Kathryn Boughton has been editor of the Kent Dispatch since its digital reincarnation in October 2023 as a nonprofit online publication. A native of Canaan, Conn., Kathryn has been a regional journalist...
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