[Summit] Easter egg hunt

[James Barfoot]

Thinking about the imbalance of how many eggs various children got, what if we offer - as part of the entry - a small, specially decorated bag or basket to fill? Maybe an empty (dozen) egg carton.  I did see some kids with what had to be at least 30 eggs, while others had between 0 and 3.  There were 2000 eggs, and nearly 150 children. Divided evenly, that would easily take care of a dozen each. 

Could this be used as a way of discussing the fairness/ inequity issues, not so dissimilar, that are a part of our economy right now?


On Mar 31, 2013, at 1:21 PM, Emlyn Addison <noisyblocks at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Kerry; it was a beautiful day and I didn't mean to sound like a party pooper. I guess we were just a little shell-shocked to see that most of the field had been picked clean, barely a few minutes into the event.
> 
> Though it's not all about the goodies, I won't deny that it's an obvious draw for the kids. I didn't realize that the 2-4 group area was mostly empty eggs...so this was intentional? My 4-year-old is well beyond the choking hazard stage...maybe the 4s could be joined with the older group?
> 
> Anyway, the amount of work involved is not lost on me and is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Emlyn
> 
> 
> Thanks, Emlyn and all others who contributed suggestions. As one of the green-shirted crew who put on the event, I appreciate your ideas and promise to do better next year. This was the first one we have done (I haven't even been to one in a lot of years) and had little idea of how many kids to expect. We tried to have some goodies in all of the eggs except the ones for the smallest children, for fear of offering a choking hazard. But on the whole, I'm glad everyone seemed to enjoy our main intention ? to provide an opportunity for the neighborhood to have fun together on a beautiful day after a harsh winter cooped up indoors.
>                  Kerry Kohring
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