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Bunny and Chick Day at Mill Creek Metroparks
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Neighbors | Amanda Tonoli.Bunny and Chick Day at Mill Creek Metrofarm brought out children and their animals on April 4. Hannah Magrell brought her rabbit to the event.
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Neighbors | Amanda Tonoli.Thomas Novicky (left) got his face painted by his sister, Kaylee Novicky (right) at Mill Creek Metroparks Farm during Bunny and Chick Day.
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Neighbors | Amanda Tonoli.Tara Balsinger (left), Natalie DelSignore (Easter Bunny), Rue (rabbit), Logan Moff (back right) and Joe Fagnano (front right) helped with Bunny and Chick Day at Mill Creek Metroparks Farms on April 4.
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Neighbors | Amanda Tonoli.Joe Fagnano (left ) held his rabbit, Rue, for Rose (front right) and Pierce (back right) Kearns to pet on April 4 at Mill Creek Metroparks Farm.
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Neighbors | Amanda Tonoli.Pictured are Dale Barber (left), Nicholas Barber (middle), Rue (rabbit) and Tina Imburgia (right) during Bunny and Chick Day at Mill Creek Metroparks Farm on April 4.
By amanda tonoli
On April 4, the chair people of the rabbit and poultry committees, Tina Imburgia and Kelly King, respectively, hosted Bunny and Chick Day at the Mill Creek Metroparks Farm.
To start this event, there was a breakfast offered that morning with the Easter Bunny, moving into the interactive education about bunnies and chicks, as well as pictures with the Easter Bunny. Just outside the room housing the major part of the event, the Easter Bunny and real animals, were activities such as facepainting and crafts if pictures with the Easter Bunny got too busy and there was a wait.
Kim Moff, a member of the Metrofarm faculty and an educator to children about farm animals, said this is the way that the Junior Fair Board and 4-H gives back to the metrofarms — the metrofarm houses many events for those students in each group throughout the year.
Imburgia and others helping with the program said they had a goal during Bunny and Chick Day to educate people about proper care and precautions to taking care of bunnies and chicks.
“They’re not just something to get for Easter and then you know not take care of,” Imburgia said. “They are living animals.”
This is the second year for the original part of the event, but the first year for the addition that made this a two-part event. Kelly King joined this year, bringing her expertise and committee to join Imburgia’s.
“This is the first year we did it together,” King said. “Last year was just the bunny day and this year we did add chicks.