Vol. I No. 8 • April 3, 2012 • currentnightandday.com
“Titanic” in 3-D (Wednesday) – The classic film of a boy and a girl from different social classes meeting during the ill-fated voyage of the RMS Titanic is retold entirely in 3-D that many are hailing as the best post-conversion to date.
(Above) Chad Garrad of Fishers. (Left) Last year’s event was the biggest in Fishers history, but this year’s egg hunt promises to be even larger. (Submitted photo)
Kiwanis Club of Fishers celebrates Easter with its 30th-annual egg hunt By Christian Sorrell • christian@youarecurrent.com
The Kiwanis Club of Fishers has been putting on an egg hunt every Easter weekend for the past 30 years. This year, the egg hunt is planned to include more than 15,000 plastic eggs, making it the largest egg hunt in the area. “(It) has not always been this big. It started in the early '80s as a smaller affair. In the early '90s, we partnered with the Town of Fishers Parks Dept. and moved it to Holland Park. In 2000, we had 10,000 eggs. Starting in 2002, we had 12,000 eggs, and it has grown steadily since then. This is our biggest year yet,” said Chad Garrard, vice president of the Kiwanis Club of Fishers. Hours of preparation will lead to an egg hunt that will ultimately last less than five minutes. Garrard recorded the total time of last year’s hunt and it took less than two-and-a-half minutes for the children to find all the eggs.
“We spend two of our regular meetings in March stuffing the eggs. These meetings are attended by Kiwanis members, but most of the work is done by various youth groups with whom the Fishers Station Kiwanis Club has a relationship with. These include Key Club members from Hamilton Southeastern and Fishers High School, as well as Builders Club members from St. Louis De Montfort and Riverside Junior High. We also get a lot of help from the Royal Rascals of 4-H. This year, we had approximately 60 volunteers from these groups at each meeting,” said Garrard. After a full month of preparation and a full morning of spreading eggs, the hunt will finally take place Saturday at Roy G. Holland Memorial Park in Fishers. The Easter Bunny will be in attendance and available for pictures starting at noon. During the hunt, eggs will be divided into different areas based on age to avoid any younger children being run over by larger
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children. Garrard said donations are accepted, although not expected. “This is our 30th year doing the Easter egg hunt. It's a great event and we think it’s a great way to kick off the season and welcome the warmer weather activities,” said Garrard. “The flowers and trees are blooming, birds are chirping and Holland Park always looks great. And since we hold it on the Saturday before Easter, people are free for the real Easter celebration on Sunday.” WHAT: Kiwanis Club’s 30th Easter Egg Hunt WHEN: Saturday – Pictures with Easter Bunny at noon, egg hunt at 1 p.m. WHERE: Roy G. Holland Memorial Park, 11650 Holland Dr., Fishers INFO: Visit currentnightandday.com
“American Reunion” (Friday) – Jim, Michelle, Stifler and friends reunite in East Great Falls, Mich., for their high school reunion. The film stars Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott and Eugene Levy. Easter egg drop (Saturday) – Imagine Church will be dropping 10,000 plastic Easter eggs from a helicopter flying over the fields of Oak Trace Elementary (16504 Oakridge Rd., Westfield). Registration begins at 10 a.m. and admission is free. For more info, please visit westfieldeggdrop.com. “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded” by Nicki Minaj (Today) – This second studio album and followup to Minaj’s smash-hit album “Pink Friday” features the lead pop single “Starships” and the second single, “Right By My Side.” For more information and other local events, see the Event Calendar on Page 3.
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