Because of COVID-19, many traditional Easter egg hunts were nixed last year, and the probability of the same this year spurred Pendleton County 4H to bring about “Egg My Yard,” a fundraiser that will help families bring about a special visit from the Easter Bunny’s assistants when his usual rounds of community and church egg hunts have been curbed.
Parents can request that the Easter Bunny’s assistants come to the yard the day or night before Easter which occurs on April 4 this year to do their thing, and they can request that they leave either 50 or 100 eggs filled with peanut-free candy such as Skittles, Twix, jelly beans, StarBurst, Twizzlers, and Hershey bars.
Parents should be aware that 4H members and leaders will work as the Easter Bunny’s assistants in the distribution of eggs and candy. In order to schedule the 4H assistants parents should fill out an “Egg My Yard” flyer from the extension office, fill it out, and return it to the office between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (the office is closed from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. for lunch) with a check for either $25 for 50 eggs or $50 for 100 eggs. The form should be made out to the attention of Mary Ellen Miller, and it is due in the office by April 3.
Donations from the community can be in either the form of monetary donations or in plastic, fillable eggs. Community donations are due by the morning of Thursday, March 25.
All checks should have “Rabbit and Poultry” in the memo.
Mary Ellen Miller and Beekee Hayslette, Pendleton County 4H Council Club co-leaders for rabbits and poultry, are in charge of the event. Monies raised through the fundraiser will benefit the rabbit and poultry club, a club Miller says can appeal to all populations in the county because “...even kids in town can participate by having a rabbit or poultry in their possession.”
Money that is raised will help purchase rabbits and market poultry for the club kids to care for and to show and sell at the Pendleton County Youth Fair.
