[Summit] Easter egg hunt

[Kim Clark]

egg carton, BRILLIANT!
On Mar 31, 2013, at 1:43 PM, James Barfoot wrote:

> 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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