Hundreds of children took delight in gathering plastic eggs filled with candy on the grounds of Pit River Casino on a beautiful Saturday afternoon April 15. Beginning at noon, there were 4 separate hunts for age groups 0-3, 4-6, 7-9, and 10 and older.
Young lad in a field of eggs
Parents with toddlers on a hunt for eggs
Harvesting a cache of eggs
Ten year old and up are off and running
A stampede of 7 to 9 year olds
In addition to the egg hunts, there was also a delicious barbecue of hamburgers and hot dogs and drawings for cool prizes.
Signing up for the drawing
Cool prizes
Pit River Casino Manager Mike Avelar said, “We do this to give back to the community by getting everybody together and letting the kids have fun.”
Mike Avelar preparing kids for the egg hunt
Among the many families who enjoyed the event were the Meltons. Jakob Melton, age 6, collected 17 eggs. He said the Easter Bunny came and left the eggs and then “just hopped off.”
The Melton family
Melisha Carpenter said she would like to have more eggs but she was very grateful to the Easter Bunny for the ones that she did find.
Melisha Laree Carpenter
Many thanks to Pit River Casino for a wonderful community event.
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