Every year since 2010, the LEAP Ambassadors have assisted the Wynne Home Arts & Visitor Center with their annual Easter Egg Hunt. This year, the hunt was ably led by Wynne Home Program Coordinator Angela Robinson–along with Wynne Home Director Sarah Faulkner and Wynne Home Admin Peyton Conley–with an assist by LEAP Ambassadors, Pre-Law Society Members, Nancy Gaertner, and the ever-present Lois Stehlik and Nancy Ormsby.
There was all sorts of fun on hand: ring tosses, bean-bag tosses, velcro darts, duck-matching, sidewalk chalking, arts and crafts, a selfie station, bubbles, lunch, jump ropes, and, of course, a hunt for Easter eggs. Also, the actual Easter Bunny showed up.
One crew of volunteers arrived at 9am, helping to hide the eggs and set up games.
Another crew arrived at 10am, putting the finishing touches on the games, and preparing for the inevitable early arrivers.
The arts and craft tables were a hit, perhaps because they were the first tables that visitors saw.
Kids also found the dart game fun, and this proved one of the more demanding volunteer positions, inasmuch as our volunteer (Daniela) was constantly in pursuit of errant “darts.”
Generally speaking, the kids were not great at the duck matching game, which is a kind of mobile “memory.” In this game, ducks float around in a pool of water, and each has a number on the bottom. Contestants should lift one at a time, trying to find a match. Even a good memory may not suffice, because while the contestant is searching, previously uncovered ducks have floated to new locations in the tub. Desiree did a great job ensuring the kids had fun, even when they didn’t understand.
The lunch was a big hit. Hungers apparently developed over the two-hour event, and everyone was able to get a hot dog (or two), chips, a cookie, and water (or Capri Sun).
The highlight, though, was the Easter Egg Hunt. This year, however, there were actually two hunts. We had the primary hunt at 12:10pm, with the Wynne Home grounds divided into sections for younger and older children. The most dangerous spot on the Wynne Home grounds is the space between children and an Easter egg when the hunt is on.
At 12:45pm, we had another hunt in yet another section of the grounds. For this one, young children (6 and under) had a 1-minute head start on the older children, giving them the chance to garner as many eggs.
In all, participants scooped up or otherwise collected some 2,500 eggs!
Although the official festivities ended at 1pm, many stayed to enjoy the ambience and games.
It was another fun and successful event put on by the Wynne Home, and the LEAP Center was happy to assist!
The LEAP Center would like to thank Jocelyn Vazquez, Desiree Rosales, Daniela Luna, Olivia Discon, Michelle Cardenas, Morgan Robertson, Nancy Ormsby, Lois Stehlik, and Nancy Gaertner for volunteering on a Saturday morning to help the community!
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