MANITOULIN––The hunt is on! A spending freeze by Tehkummah council meant no donation from the municipality for the Easter egg hunt this year. The good news is the hunt will go on. “It will be a much bigger Easter egg hunt,” said volunteer organizer Linda Bowerman after receiving donations for the event.
Following the defeat of Motion 2018-086, which would have seen council donate $100 for the egg hunt if passed, Councillors Paul Bowerman and Ron Hierons each offered $100 while Councillor Mike McKenzie contributed $100 later. Additional donations were also received from community members and from people living off-Island but organizers preferred not to reveal donors or amounts. “They were good donations,” Ms. Bowerman said. “It will be the best hunt yet. We should have a prize for everybody.”
The Tehkummah egg hunt was organized by three volunteers this year: Ms. Bowerman, Yogi Martin and Rhonda Middaugh. “We’re just volunteering, the three of us,” said Ms. Bowerman. “We decided we didn’t want the Easter egg hunt to fold.”
The Tehkummah Easter egg hunt will take place on Saturday, March 31 at 1 pm at the community ball diamond.
The annual Easter egg hunt in Gore Bay takes place on Good Friday, March 30 from 11 am until noon at Lily Third’s property on the east bluff.
Kagawong’s Park Centre will be the site of the Kagawong Easter egg hunt. It takes place on Saturday, March 31 at 10 am.
The 7th annual Easter Egg Hunt in Mindemoya gets underway at 11 am Saturday at the ball park.
The Northeast Town will have its Easter egg hunt at the Centennial Museum in Sheguiandah at 11 am on Saturday, March 31.
Field’s Marine on Highway 6 is the site of Assiginack’s 32nd annual Easter egg hunt. It takes place at 1:30 pm on Easter Sunday.
