Downtown Egg Hunt fun for all ages!

With Paris’ Stephen L A CHILD’S PERSPECTIVE

If you didn’t get the memo in time, during the long weekend, the Paris Business Improvement Association (BIA) had an egg hunt in which families, children, and even some adults would go around downtown looking for letters for a chance to win a prize! But you’re probably wondering what that prize is, aren’t you? Well, you’re just going to have to stick around and find out! Spanning from Friday, the 22nd of March to Monday, the 1st of April, Paris hosted its very own easter egg hunt!

But the thing is, it didn’t include eggs, surprisingly! All around downtown Paris, store owners put pink letters in their storefront windows for us residents to find and complete to spell out the secret phrase “HAPPY EASTER”! Ever since the post appeared on Downtown Paris’ very own Facebook page, people have been searching all over the town for these mysterious letters. Families roaming around, looking through storefront windows hoping to find a letter that they’re missing, children cycling around, racing down the sidewalks, and even adults joining in on the egg-cellent fun!

But even though it’s an event that’s most likely just for fun or an active activity to do after a long day, organizers took it to the next level by adding a prize to a random person who finished the search! What’s the prize you say?

A whopping $100 downtown Paris shopping spree! Now how crazy is that?

As I participated in the egg hunt myself, I also had the chance to interview some random people as well. I casually bumped into a couple of students around my age who also happened to be participating in this egg hunt. I asked them what they thought about this event, and if they think that the town should bring it back next year. They simply responded by saying that it’s “definitely a fun event that’s keeping us on our toes” and that “if it doesn’t come back next year, I would be really disappointed because the kids of Paris would absolutely be all over the place if they told us first and foremost!”

Congratulations to Sayen S. of Paris, who scoured Downtown Paris and correctly found the letters spelling out "HAPPY EASTER". Her name was randomly drawn from all the correct entries. She wins $100 BIA Bucks to spend at any Downtown Paris BIA member business!