Georgia Stark, 2, eats a piece of candy after participating in the Batavia Rotary Club Easter Egg Hunt March 31 at the Batavia Township Community Center.

Children took off in search of eggs March 31 at the annual Batavia Rotary Club Easter Egg Hunt at the Batavia Township Community Center.
It may have been wet and chilly, but that didn’t stop hundreds of parents and children from coming to the Batavia Township Community Center to participate in the Rotary Club Easter Egg Hunt March 31.
Georgia Stark, 2, eats a piece of candy after participating in the Batavia Rotary Club Easter Egg Hunt March 31 at the Batavia Township Community Center.

“I think it went great,” Dave Phaneuf, president of the Rotary Club said. “We had a great turnout.”

Phaneuf said he thought almost 400 residents attended the event, which featured an egg hunt, a visit from the Easter Bunny, and other activities.

He said they had several organizations help with the Easter egg hunt including Girl Scout troops, Interact, a high school Rotary Club, Batavia Township trustees and more.

The egg hunt was divided into several age groups, including 1-3 year olds, 4-5 year olds, 6-7 year olds and 8-9 year olds.

Each group started at a different time, and once they got the signal to go, it was a matter of minutes before all the eggs had been cleared out of the field.

Eggs contained a variety of candy and treats, and there were also some gold and silver eggs in the mix that contained special prizes.

“It was fun going after all the eggs before all of the other kids,” 7-year-old Danielle Mancini said about participating.

Mancini said the egg hunt was kind of like a race because so many other children were trying to get the eggs at the same time.

The Easter egg hunt is an annual service project of the Batavia Rotary Club, and Phaneuf said it is a fun event to provide to the community.

“I think it’s great seeing the looks on the kids’ faces,” Phaneuf said.

For more information about Batavia Rotary Club, or the next Easter egg hunt, visit www.batavia-rotary.org.