ICC Easter egg hunt returns to County Park

ByDavid Jerome Reading Time: 2 minutes

The Idyllwild Community Center’s free annual Easter Egg Hunt returned to the County Park after last year’s snow cancelation. The sun cooperated this time,and the meadow and parking area were dry enough. The Riverside County Parks and Open Space District provided the manpower to direct parking, a bounce house, and a children’s craft table, supervised by Allison Fedrick, the Park Interpreter at the Idyllwild Nature Center. ICC president Stephanie Yost kept the proceedings moving along smoothly. The Easter Bunny was there as advertised, with Alex Cameron providing Bunny Security to facilitate the photo ops.

Over 3,200 colorful plastic eggs with toys and candy inside were hidden in areas of the meadow set aside by age group, with the youngest egg hunters being under threeand the oldest ten. Forty of the eggs were marked as “prize eggs” and additional treasure was distributed at the cookie table, with cookies provided by Silver Pines and the Idyllwild Bunkhouse.

Idyllwild Community Center president Stephanie Yost reports that over 250 people attended the event, and noted that the preparations started at 8:30 a.m., when ICC board members and other volunteers, including four from the Idyllwild Rotary Club, began the set-up and egg-hiding. This same group was in charge of cleaning at the end of the day.

Dedicated egg hunters had a second opportunity on Sunday, when Tahquitz Pines Resort hosted a hunt of their own on the lawn above The Peak Restaurant. Alister the squirrel provided photo ops, and kids had another chance to fill their baskets.

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