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Photos: Kiwanis Club of Batavia gathers families for annual Easter Egg Hunt

By Steve Ognibene
Children of all ages celebrate annual Easter Egg Hunt at Centennial Park, sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Batavia Photos by Steve Ognibene
Children of all ages celebrate the annual Easter Egg Hunt at Centennial Park, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Batavia  
Photos by Steve Ognibene

When members of the Kiwanis Club of Batavia say to be ready at 9 a.m. sharp in Centennial Park for the annual Easter Egg Hunt, they ain't kidding.

Hundreds of hours of work by volunteers with the club and the Key Club at Batavia High School are spent stuffing 5,000 plastic Easter eggs with 10,000 pieces of candy, which are collected in baskets by kids eager for sweet treats, prizes, and the thrill of the hunt in under 10 minutes.

"I look forward to it every year," said Matt Landers with the Kiwanis Club. "The Kiwanians look forward to it every year. The Key Club looks forward to it. It's a total team effort, and we all get into it. It's even better when we have a sunny day like it is today."

In the days leading up to the hunt, Landers and helpers put out a golden Easter egg in Centennial Park each day. The eggs enable the finder to redeem a coupon for a 12-inch chocolate bunny from Oliver's Candies.  On the day of the hunt, there are nine more golden eggs laid out in the park -- three for each age group -- that also enable the finder to win a giant chocolate bunny.

The daily hunt for golden easter eggs started during the pandemic shutdown of group events and the Kiwanis Club decided to retain it even though in-person hunts are now possible.

That makes for a total of 16 12-inch chocolate bunnies given out to community children.

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Children of all ages celebrate annual Easter Egg Hunt at Centennial Park, sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Batavia Photos by Steve Ognibene
Photo by Steve Ognibene.
Children of all ages celebrate annual Easter Egg Hunt at Centennial Park, sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Batavia Photos by Steve Ognibene
Photo by Steve Ognibene.
Children of all ages celebrate annual Easter Egg Hunt at Centennial Park, sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Batavia Photos by Steve Ognibene
Photo by Steve Ognibene.
Children of all ages celebrate annual Easter Egg Hunt at Centennial Park, sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Batavia Photos by Steve Ognibene
Photo by Steve Ognibene.
Children of all ages celebrate annual Easter Egg Hunt at Centennial Park, sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Batavia Photos by Steve Ognibene
Photo by Steve Ognibene.
Children of all ages celebrate annual Easter Egg Hunt at Centennial Park, sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Batavia Photos by Steve Ognibene
Photo by Steve Ognibene.
Children of all ages celebrate annual Easter Egg Hunt at Centennial Park, sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Batavia Photos by Steve Ognibene
Photo by Steve Ognibene.
Children of all ages celebrate annual Easter Egg Hunt at Centennial Park, sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Batavia Photos by Steve Ognibene
Photo by Steve Ognibene.
Children of all ages celebrate annual Easter Egg Hunt at Centennial Park, sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Batavia Photos by Steve Ognibene
Photo by Steve Ognibene.

Golden Easter egg hunt to begin on Friday, big event set for March 30

By Joanne Beck
Matt Landers and bunny
Matt Landers and an early special visitor prepare for the Batavia Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt, which kicks off with the golden eggs, which are to be hidden one at a time between Friday and March 28 before the big event on March 30 in Centennial Park, Batavia. 
Photo by Howard Owens

As all of the young Easter egg hunters prepare for the annual Batavia Kiwanis Easter egg hunt, which begins at 9 a.m. sharp on March 30 at Centennial Park, club member Matt Landers wants to remind participants that there will be one golden egg hidden every day in the park from Friday through March 28 for the finding. 

"The eggs will be hidden even if there is snow on the ground, so hopefully the kiddos put on their snow boots and start searching tomorrow," Landers said Thursday as he prepared to hide the first of seven golden eggs. 

Each child that finds a golden egg may redeem it for a prize of a chocolate bunny from Oliver's Candies during the big event on March 30 at Centennial Park in Batavia.

The Easter egg hunt will feature "thousands of eggs," members say, so come prepared for the hunt and to have some family fun, even if Mother Nature doesn't fully cooperate with the beginning of spring. 

Batavia FPC to host Easter egg hunt, brunch and bunny April 1

By Joanne Beck

Folks at Batavia First Presbyterian Church are counting on spring's arrival for the annual Easter Egg Hunt and Brunch with the Easter bunny again this year.

The event will be here before you know it — at 11 a.m. April 1 (no fooling) at the church, 300 E. Main St., Batavia. For more information, go to fpcbatavia.org/events, email fpcbatavia@fpcbatavia.org or call 585-343-0505.

2022 File Photo by Howard Owens.

Kiwanis Club's Easter 'Egg-stravaganza' concludes with winners' photo session Saturday morning

By Mike Pettinella

Matt Landers of the Batavia Kiwanis Club hides the 12th Kiwanis Golden Easter Egg today at Centennial Park as part of the service organization's holiday promotion with Oliver's Candies. Landers will hide the final egg on Wednesday.

A note inside the egg tells the story:

Congratulations! You have found one of the 13 Kiwanis Golden Easter Eggs! This entitles you to an Oliver’s Chocolate Easter Bunny! To collect your chocolate bunny, arrive with this note and the Golden Egg at the south side of Centennial Park on Saturday, April 3rd at 10 a.m. We will have all of the prize winners gather for a picture with the Easter Bunny as they collect their chocolate bunny. We hope you had fun looking for the Golden Egg, and wish you and your family a very Happy Easter! (Note: Only one Golden Egg per family can be redeemed and winners must be 12 and under).

Photo by Mike Pettinella.

Rotary Club of Le Roy apologizes for 'Easter Egg Drive-thru' plan, and thanks supporters

By Billie Owens

From the Rotary Club of Le Roy:

The membership of the Rotary Club of Le Roy felt that Easter is traditionally a holiday and season of hope for many, and anticipated that the continuation “Easter Egg Drive-thru” would boost the spirits of the community in a time of global despair.

The annual tradition of the Le Roy Easter Egg Hunt began nearly 30 years ago. Traditionally, the Easter Egg Hunt is held the Saturday prior to Easter at Le Roy Central School’s Hartwood Park.

This year’s adapted event of the egg drive-thru was scheduled to take place on April 11th at the village’s Trigon Park, which was deemed able to handle the expected traffic safely. Rotary had worked with the Village of Le Roy Board, and Police and devised a plan that worked within the guidelines of both the CDC and New York State to distribute the 8,000 candy stuffed eggs.

Shortly before 8 a.m. the morning of the event, the club's President Mary Young received a call from Le Roy Village Police Sergeant Greg Kellogg, advising that the day's event should be canceled.

Kellogg had received a phone call complaint with concern about the Easter Egg Drive-thru as his shift began at 6 a.m. Kellogg informed the club that this was the first and only complaint the department had received. Upon receiving the complaint, Kellogg then reached out to officials at the Genesee County Health Department.

After conferring, the health department determined that the event should not be held (due to social-distancing protocols prompted by the coronavirus pandemic).

On Monday, April 13th, the club reached out to the Genesee County Health Department for clarification. Sarah Balduf, Environmental Health director for Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments, responded via email.

In the email response, she stated [I based my decision on Governor Cuomo's "New York State on PAUSE" Executive Order: Specifically, points 2 and 3 of his 10-point plan: 2-Nonessential gatherings of individuals of any size for any reason (e.g., parties, celebrations or other social events) are canceled or postponed at this time; 3-Any concentration of individuals outside their home must be limited to workers providing essential services, and social distancing should be practiced.]

The Rotary of Club of Le Roy would like to apologize to those agencies and individuals affected by the decision of the club to hold and then cancel the event. It was not the club’s intention to break any or part of Governor Cuomo’s executive order but to promote hope and goodwill in the community.

The club would like to thank the Le Roy businesses and organizations that contributed and sponsored the project. Also, the club would like to thank Mayor Rogers and the Village Board for supporting the event.

The Rotary Club of Le Roy wants to assure the community that the candy will be safely stored until a time when the candy can be carefully distributed.

Video: Easter Egg Hunt in Pembroke Town Park

By Howard B. Owens
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The Pembroke-Corfu-Darien Kiwanis Club hosted their annual Easter Egg Hunt today in Pembroke Town Park.

Video: Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt

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The Kiwanis Club of Batavia hosted its annual Easter Egg Hunt this morning at Centennial Park.

NOTE: We have a little problem with the video. My phone didn't save the video of the actual hunt.

Saturday Morning Children's Program at the Holland Land Office Museum

By Holland Land Office

The Holland Land Office Museum, with the help of Anne Marie Starowitz, will be having our Saturday Morning Program. The theme of this month is Easter Egg Museum Scavenger Hunt. Children will be creating different varieties of slime and placing them in eggs. Then they will be able to explore the museum through a scavenger hunt trying to find the eggs. This exciting day will begin at 10am and go until 12pm. This program is $5 per child and $4 for museum members. 

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PCD Kiwanis Club will hold annual Easter Egg Hunt promptly at 12:15 p.m. this Sunday

By Billie Owens

Submitted photo and press release:

Pembroke Corfu Darien Kiwanis Club is sponsoring its Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday and it begins promptly at 12:15 p.m. at the Pembroke Town Park (Route 77 and next to the high school).

This is for kids ages 2 to 10 years old and there are 3,500 plus eggs. Please bring your camera since the Easter Bunny will be there.

The PCD Kiwanis has been sponsoring this event for 40+ years!

This is an outdoor event and please dress appropriately for the weather. For more information, call Pat at 762-8419.

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