Local youngsters will get a chance to pick up after the Easter Bunny Saturday during two Easter Egg hunts scheduled for local parks.
The Maryville Host Lions Club and the Maryville Hy-Vee supermarket will co-sponsor the first hunt at 10 a.m. at Donaldson-Westside Park just west of Icon Road. Age groups include 3-and-under, 4-5, 6-7 and 8-10. Prizes and candy will be given away. Children should bring their own baskets.
The second hunt, sponsored by the Phi Delta Theta fraternity chapter at Northwest Missouri State University, will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday in Beal Park, which is located at Seventh and Laura streets in Maryville.
In addition to the egg hunt, there will be a raffle, face-painting, music and a moon bounce. All proceeds go to the ALS Association to fight amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
School-related Easter activities this week include classroom parties beginning at 2 p.m. Thursday at Eugene Field Elementary; an early childhood egg hunt at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Northwest's Horace Mann Elementary School; and a Last Supper reenactment at 9 a.m. Thursday at St. Gregory's School.
