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Canfield DQ hosts annual Easter egg hunt
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Sophia Isaacs, with her dad Sam, dressed in her brightest Easter pink to search for candy and eggs at the Canfield Dairy Queen’s annual Easter Egg Hunt on the green on March 26.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield residents Brooke Opalick (left) and Caylee Ortiz (right) scored bags full of Easter eggs and candy at the Canfield Dairy Queen’s annual Easter Egg Hunt on the green on March 26.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Cyndi Martin of Austintown brought her daughter, Abigail, out for the Canfield Dairy Queen’s annual Easter Egg Hunt on the green on March 26.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Hundreds of children lined up in anticipation of the Canfield Dairy Queen’s annual Easter Egg Hunt on the green on March 26.
By ABBY SLANKER
Hundreds of children and their families took advantage of the sunny weather to attend the Canfield Dairy Queen’s annual Easter Egg Hunt on March 26. With thousands of plastic eggs and thousands of pieces of candy hidden in straw strewn around the green, the children, up to age 10, waited anxiously to pick up as much as they possibly could.
The plastic eggs were filled with candy, coupons for Dairy Queen treats or raffle tickets, which qualified the lucky child for a chance to win one of the 10 grand prize baskets filled with assorted Dairy Queen products. Dairy Queen staffers also handed out raffle tickets to the adults in the crowd, to possibly win an ice cream cake, iced coffee or a frappe.
To make it fair, and to break up the large crowd a bit, a section was set aside for children 4 and under. The other section was for children 5 and up.
Pastor Jill Barton, children’s pastor at Rush Church, emceed the event, including welcoming everyone and calling the winning numbers of the raffle tickets.
“Thank you Dairy Queen for sponsoring this event and thank you members of Rush Church for helping with the event. And thank you God for sending some sun today for our Easter egg hunt. There are thousands of pieces of candy hidden in all this hay, so be sure to dig for it. And please take as much hay home with you today as you would like. The hay is free!” Barton said before she counted the time down to start the hunt.
Dairy Queen staffers and volunteers from Rush Church worked together to put on the annual event.
“Rush Church has been awesome in helping us with this event. They have helped us for several years and we truly appreciate their help. I just can’t say enough about them. Without them, this event could not happen,” said Pamela Simmons, Canfield Dairy Queen staff member in charge of marketing.
After all the eggs and candy were picked up, everyone crowded around with their raffle tickets in hand to learn if they had won a Dairy Queen prize.
“The Canfield Dairy Queen has been holding this event for well over 20 years and we would like to thank the community for their support throughout the years,” Simmons said.