BY LOREEN BERLIN: Stanton Central Park was hopping with lots of fun activities Saturday, as children up to 13 years of age hunted for plastic-colored eggs and candy hidden by the Easter Bunny and her human helpers.<\/p>\n

The egg hunts were done by five groups of children: up to 2, 3-4, 5-7, 8-10 and 11-13, which gave equal opportunity for children within those specific age groups to fill their colorful Easter baskets and containers with surprises.<\/p>\n

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BY LOREEN BERLIN: Stanton Central Park was hopping with lots of fun activities Saturday, as children up to 13 years of age hunted for plastic-colored eggs and candy hidden by the Easter Bunny and her human helpers.<\/p>\n

The egg hunts were done by five groups of children: up to 2, 3-4, 5-7, 8-10 and 11-13, which gave equal opportunity for children within those specific age groups to fill their colorful Easter baskets and containers with surprises.<\/p>\n

This kept the City of Stanton Community Services Department staff, council members and volunteers busy, as more than 4,000 families and individuals attended, which meant there were a lot of young residents looking for treats nestled within plastic eggs.<\/p>\n

Some of the plastic Easter eggs held sweet treats, while 350 were "golden,” meaning they could be traded for large Easter baskets loaded with a variety of Easter items —all donated by different groups and organizations.<\/p>\n

"This is triple the amount of donated baskets from last year," said Community Services Director Julie Roman.<\/p>\n

"This is the largest crowd I've seen in the history of our city," said Kiwanis President and Mayor Pro tem David Shawver. "The Kiwanis served more than 350 pancake breakfasts.”<\/p>\n

In addition, there were Easter crafts for the children and the ever-popular face painting, along with pictures with the white rabbit, which was performed by a volunteer and former Stanton City employee Hilda Laufer.<\/p>\n

Stanton's Easter Egg Hunt started out with an early-morning pancake breakfast served by the Kiwanis Club of Greater Stanton. This year, word has it that Mayor Carol Warren mixed the pancake batter herself and added a secret ingredient that had attendees raving about the delicious pancakes and sausage breakfast.<\/p>\n

Youth volunteers from the Key Clubs of Western and Oxford high schools helped with the pancake breakfast; Key Clubs are sponsored by Kiwanis Clubs.<\/p>\n

Coordinating the Easter event was Community Services Coordinator Diana Valtierra.<\/p>\n

DJ for the event was Danny Gonzalez with Center Stage Entertainment.<\/p>\n

It's a little early yet for the Splash Pad area of Central Park to be operational; that delightful area will open as soon as the weather warms a bit more. However, the park has an assortment of wonderful play areas for children, such as a train.<\/p>\n

There's a walking area around the inside of the park and exercise equipment all along the path for those who enjoy that type of fitness regimen.<\/p>\n

Sponsors made the event possible. Some of those include W-Power Company and Rountree Gardens Senior Community of Stanton, as well as the Kiwanis and Lions Clubs and Friendly Center.<\/p>\n

Face painting was provide by the Anaheim Family YMCA and the Stanton Library provided the arts and crafts, and there were many resource groups onsite.<\/p>\n

The Stanton Women's Group held a raffle to raise money to provide a program for seniors at Park Place Senior Apartments.<\/p>\n

"We're starting small and will grow from here," said Pamela Schoonover. "Seniors need personal items such as shampoo and toothpaste.”<\/p>\n

Stanton's 11.5 -acre park, which was made possible by several grants and redevelopment dollars that the State of California returned to the city,  also provides tennis and basketball courts, and a skateboard area for children and young teens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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