ONTARIO — Marshall Park was filled with laughter, joy and of course, candy-filled Easter eggs on Saturday.
An estimated 2,000 brightly colored plastic eggs were tossed around the baseball fields for children participating in the Ontario Easter Egg Hunt: preschool, kindergarten, first and second grades, third and fourth grades.
Jenny Dunn, of Ontario, said she and her son Gavin braved the mid-30 degree temperature to hide “buckets and buckets of eggs” for the children.
“It looks like everybody had fun,” she said smiling.
This was Dunn’s first time at the event, and she enjoyed helping to organize it.
Christina Anatra said her family has made a tradition of participating in the Ontario Egg Hunt.
“We come out every year,” she said. “Since my daughter was young and she is 19 now. It’s really nice that the community does this for us.”
With the sound of a police car’s siren signaling the beginning of the hunts, children spread across the fields searching for eggs. The hunt lasted just a few minutes, leaving each child with a smile on their face and candy in their basket.
Xander Anatra, 10, said there was a lot of competition, Saturday.
“It was hard; everybody took the eggs,” he said.
When his mother asked if he enjoyed the egg hunt, he nodded while eating chocolate.
