The annual Wake Forest Easter Egg Hunt will be in E. Carroll Joyner Park on Saturday, March 24 – and it will also be a day filled with crafts, games, food, prizes and a visit from the Easter Bunny.
Staff from the town’s Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department plus volunteers have hidden more than 10,000 eggs filled with prizes and candy across four locations for the four age groups: 3 and younger, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12 and special needs.
Children ages 3 and younger will hunt for eggs beginning at 10 a.m.; ages 4-6 will begin at 10:20 a.m.; ages 7-9 get underway at 10:40 a.m.; and ages 10-12 commence at 11 a.m. An egg hunt for children with special needs will begin at 11:30 a.m. A downloadable map of the egg hunt areas is available at www.wakeforestnc.gov/easter-egg-hunt.aspx
Registration is not required for the hunts, but participants should come with baskets in hand ready to fill.
The event is hosted by the parks and rec department. The presenting businesses are the Primrose School of Heritage Wake Forest and Bumgarner & Martin Orthodontics.
In the event of inclement weather, the Easter Egg Hunt may be moved inside the Flaherty Park Community Center, 1226 North White Street. For weather-related updates prior to the hunt, call the Town of Wake Forest Weather Line at 919-435-9569. Smart phone users who have downloaded the app will receive a push notification message informing them of any schedule changes.
Please note: The Wake Forest PRCR Department scheduled and announced March 24 as the date for this year’s Easter Egg Hunt in 2017, several months prior to the Wake County Public School System announcing it a snow make up day.
Android and iPhone users can have a handy pocket guide to the Easter Egg Hunt in the palm of their hands by downloading the Town of Wake Forest app and using the app’s “Easter Egg Hunt” function. Offering smart phone users instant access to important details about the Easter Egg Hunt, the function features egg hunt times and information about E. Carroll Joyner Park.
IPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and Android users can download the town’s free app by searching for “Town of Wake Forest” on iTunes, in the iPhone app store, or in Google Play or by scanning the appropriate QR code provided at www.wakeforestnc.gov/app.aspx.
