Thank you again to all who participated in our club's annual Easter Egg Hunt.  On Saturday March 27, 2010, we had approximately 300 kids ranging from ages 1-9 gobble up more than 10,000 Easter Eggs.

The Rotary Club of North Ridgeville annually sponsors this event. The event takes place on the Saturday before Palm Sunday, and is held at the North Ridgeville High School Ranger Stadium. Each year, over 10,000 eggs are stuffed with candy and/or prize slips - with approximately 400 prizes distributed to the lucky egg hunters.

Months before the event, Rotarians Pat Blakely and Kerry Mueller begin planning for the big day, as well as purchasing the plastic eggs, cleaning and sorting the eggs saved from the year before, and purchasing some of the prizes. Weeks before the event, Rotarians spend hours stuffing the plastic eggs with candy at the First Merit Bank Community Room (thanks, Bob!). The day finally arrives, and our Rotarians prepare the field and distribute the 10,000 eggs over four separate age groups for hunting; ages 1 to 3, ages 4 to 5, ages 6 to 7, and ages 8 to 9.

Over 10,000 eggs quietly await the hunters arrival at Ranger Stadium.

One hour before the "bell", the gates open and several thousand children, parents and grandparents descend upon Ranger Stadium. Of course, the Easter Bunny is there to greet the little ones!

The Easter Bunny is always one of the highlights for children of all ages.

And when everyone is finally assembled and can wait no longer, the Rotary Bell is rung and the eggs are gobbled up in less than a minute!

It doesn't take long for the eggs to be collected - we have excellent

"egg hunters" in North Ridgville!

The youngest children (ages 1-3) are allowed help from a parent or grandparent.