Easter Egg Hunt Provides Sweets and Toys Surprises for NCWV Youth | Lifestyles

CLARKSBURG – Many local groups will help the Easter Bunny to distribute sweets this year. Many egg hunts are scheduled until Easter Sunday.

The Centerbranch Church in Clarksburg hopes to have clear skies when it organizes its free annual Easter Egg hunt at 6:30 pm. Thursday at Clarksburg City Park, Nutter Fort. Last year in Bridgeport was canceled twice due to bad weather.

Associate pastor William Host said 30,000 eggs will be scattered in Clarksburg Municipal Park. He encouraged guests to arrive at 6 pm listen to live music performed by the worship team, children's games and the visit of a professional clown.

"It's getting more and more popular every year, so of course you need more eggs. Anyone wishing to come is welcome, "said Host. "Any experience probably takes between 15 and 20 minutes, but we're going to do a better job hiding them all around the park this year."

Registration will be accepted at www.centerbranch.org until the event, with information available at 304-622-1038.

On Saturday, more than 10,000 eggs will be hidden in North View Park by volunteers from North View United Methodist Church, St. James Catholic Church, Unified Methodist Temple and The Change Initiative. Easter egg hunt will begin at 9 am

According to the registration, children aged 3 to 18 years will be divided into four age groups.

Children will be divided into two age categories, one for ages 3 and under and one for ages 4 or 5. Pre-registration is required by calling the mall management office at 304-842-5441.

Children age 5 and under are invited to Bridgeport's free egg hunt scheduled for 14:00. On April 16, at the Bridgeport Recreation Complex, located at 425, boul. Forrester.

Information is available by calling the Benedum Civic Center at 304-842-8240.

On Thursday, about a dozen Harrison County students will participate in the Easter egg hunt commemorating Bill Miles Memorial. The annual event for blind and visually impaired children at the Bridgeport City Park Dogwell Shelter will begin at 11 am and finish at 1 pm

"Instead of just announcing that we are going to have Easter egg hunt, we are going to work with the Harrison County Education Council and, at their expense, they will be doing the bus for kids around the world. in Bridgeport, "said Jim Harki, senior vice president of the Bridgeport Lions Club. "It used to be the will of the parents, and many of them do not have good transportation or are busy with something else, so the attendance was not very good at all. We are really lucky that they support us this year. "

After retiring from the West Virginia phone pioneers, Harki, who stated that Miles had created the sounding egg-beeps, described it as "wonderful" to help blind or partially sighted children.

The Bridgeport Lions Club has been partnering with members of the GFWC Woman's Club for years to lead the hunt for eggs in beep, "said Robin Faris, Lions Club President and Event Organizer. The GFWC Women's Club will provide each participant with Easter baskets filled with treats and lunch.

In case of bad weather, the hunt will take place at Bridgeport Middle School.

Anyone interested in participating can call Faris at 304-629-6798.

An Easter egg hunt will also be held at the Clarksburg-Harrison Public Library, located at 404 W. Pike St., Clarksburg, at 10 am Saturday.

Approximately 3,000 eggs will be filled with candy and prizes at the Doddridge County Large Easter Egg Hunt on April 20 at Doddridge County Middle School. The middle school is located at 65 Doddridge County School Road in Western Union.

Registration for the event starts at 10:30. The first badembly of God of the Western Union will serve hot dogs and free drinks after the egg hunt.

The Church of God of Salem will sponsor its annual Easter Egg Hunt, scheduled April 11 at 8pm at Salem Municipal Park in Salem. Drinks, cupcakes and prizes for children up to 12 years are provided.

The 12th annual Easter Egg hunt for children 10 and under will start quickly at 1 pm Easter Sunday, April 21, at the Allegheny trans-Alumie asylum in Weston.

Bethany Cutright, director of the office, said the event officials had received 12,000 eggs filled with sweets, small toys or raffle tickets for higher prices from Sunny Bunny Easter Eggs in Springfield. (Missouri), a company offering interesting jobs to people with disabilities.

"We did not take a look. Some have candies and others have small toys, tattoos and rubber bullets, "she said. "The kids are very excited once they've seen the Easter eggs and, as soon as they heard the mermaid, they surely picked up 12,000 Easter eggs quickly."

As part of the Easter Sunday tradition, no less than 500 children, from Weston, other cities or even states, have recovered ownership, said Cutright. Participants also included Cutright's son, Wesley, for nearly 10 years and his daughter Breanna for almost 11 years.

"It's a great location off the highway to let families meet, create a new family tradition and have a nice Easter lunch with each other."

The registration will take place from noon to 12:45 pm. April 21th.

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