Volunteers help with the annual Bloomingdale egg hunt (Image provided)

I’ve been fortunate to be part of an annual egg hunt in my town for the past three years. It takes a village to throw an event. Someone has to get those treats and someone has to put the treats into those eggs. As much as I’d like to believe it’s the Easter Bunny, I’ve seen the assembly line at work right in my own house. So, special thanks go out to the student volunteers that spent a Sunday afternoon stuffing more than 1,000 plastic eggs with stickers and small trinkets. Those same young adults and many of their friends will be at the egg hunt making sure all little ones are having fun. I can only imagine the workload the other organizers had to go through to pull off the next three weekends of egg hunts.

On March 24 from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., Erin’s 5th annual Easter Egg Hunt starts at LP Quinn Elementary School at noon, rain or shine. The Easter Bunny will be there as well as thousands of eggs for all children (12 and under), Provided by the Kiwanis Club of Tupper Lake and the Adirondack Regional Federal Credit Union, the event is divided into three age groups. Younger children (0 to 4 and ages 5 to 7) are on the football field while older kids (8 to 12) search for those colorful eggs on the softball field. Any children preregistering at the bank are entered to win an Easter basket.

The next weekend North Country Community College and the staff at Whiteface Mountain are making sure it’s a weekend full of egg hunting entertainment for everyone. NCCC has over 3,000 candy-filled eggs on March 31 while Whiteface Ski Resort offers a mountaintop non-denominational service, egg hunt, and Sunday brunch on Easter Sunday, April 1. The NCCC event kicks off at 9 am at the soccer field and is open to everyone. There are special areas cordoned off for the very young. In case of inclement weather, the egg hunt will be held in the college’s gymnasium. The next morning, Whiteface is providing free gondola rides starting at 7:15 a.m. for the 8 a.m. Easter morning service at the top of Little Whiteface. (After the service, the regular $22 foot-passenger fee is applicable.) All children are welcome to search and find over 4,000 eggs covering the Mixing Bowl and Bear Trails. Younger children (ages 6 and under) meet on Mixing Bowl at 11 a.m. while slightly older children (ages 7-12) meet on the Bear Trail. Both Mixing Bowl and Bear Trail can be either skied or accessed on foot. After that, egg hunting is open to all ages on the Boreen trail. Top off the day with a nice Sunday brunch at J Lohr Wine Bar and Cafe or some “spring” skiing.

The 3rd annual Bloomingdale Egg /Scavenger Hunt is a candy-free event for younger children with a scavenger hunt and loose change scramble for older elementary students on Saturday, April 7. This year children can search for three golden eggs with Adirondack Carousel tokens hidden inside. Anyone returning a completed puzzle card or their empty plastic eggs is able to put their name in for a variety of raffle prizes. The Bloomingdale event takes place at Roosevelt Park at 10 a.m., no matter the weather.

All these events are so different and provide great entertainment for children. The one thing that can’t be helped is the weather. We’ve experienced everything from mud to ice during various egg hunts we’ve attended. We just took as part of the challenge. According to my daughter, it’s just as much fun being able to help out when you get to see the excitement on the little ones’ faces. I agree. Enjoy egg hunting!

Diane Chase is the author of the Adirondack Family Activities guidebook series, Adirondack Family Time: Your Four-Season Guide to Over 300 Activities.” For more

family-friendly activities go to www.AdirondackFamily

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