Erin’s annual Easter Egg Hunt Saturday
by Dan McClelland
The organizers of Erin’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt this Saturday are hoping the weather cooperates this year- and there’s no duplication of the past two.
For years the April event produced relatively balmy temperatures for the spring month, and local kids eagerly combined the Tupper Rotary Club Track and Field in search of delicious Easter eggs- thousands of them actually.
Two years ago the weather that day changed and the egg gatherers found six inches of snow on the ground when they arrived with their baskets.
That year organizers moved the gathering sites from the track closer to the school where snow cover was thinner. Three different age groups- those in first and second grades, kindergarten to pre-K and pre-K and younger hunted in three difference places: near the bus lanes, on the school playground and on the upper soccer fields.
The 2023 event was believed to be the first Erin’s Easter Egg Hunt on a blanket of snow since the first two around 2013. But it made for easy spotting by the youngsters.
It’s a rain and shine event, but normally the hunts have attracted good weather.
Last year, in the face of another year with inches of snow again covering the Rotary Field, organizers moved the popular event into the L.P. Quinn School.
This year’s egg gathering will again honor the late Erin Farkas Dewyea, a local teacher who as a Kiwanian helped create the event over a decade ago.
The hunt will again be sponsored by the Tupper Lake Kiwanis Club and by the Adirondack Federal Credit Union.
Joining the two local sponsors are expected to be a number of community members.
A horn will signal the start of the hunt Saturday at noon.
Youngsters are encouraged to come dressed in preparation for cold or wet weather. -And to bring baskets to collect the colorful treats spread all across the athletic field.
Like past years there will be opportunities to have photos taken with the Easter Bunny.
The event is free to all children up to the fifth grade, as usual.