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On Friday, April 18, the Paris Health and Rehab Center put on its fifth annual Easter egg hunt for the Paris community. The event included an egg hunt, bicycle raffle winners, cookies and refreshments.
“I like to do the event here so that the residents can watch. They like to watch, even if they watch from their windows. They do enjoy watching the kids,” Bobby Woolbeight, administrator at the Paris Health and Rehab Center, said.
According to Woolbeight, the company decided to host the event on Good Friday since the local children would be out of school and parents would be off work for the upcoming holiday.
The company also ensures that its plans are shared and advertised throughout the community in various ways to encourage people to enjoy the events.
“We advertise on social media and in the community. You know, just handing out flyers to everyone. We let our families know. Just any kind of advertising we can do. It’s been advertised on Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, just about everywhere, and we always have a really good turnout,” Woolbeight said.
For an event like this to take place, there needs to be sponsors and other people helping. Woolbeight reached out to multiple organizations for help in putting on their event and worked with them to get things done.
“I got a hold of Sarah Bush Home, Health and Hospice, and they donated a bike. I got a hold of Transitions Hospice, and they donated a bike. And I got a hold of Yona Solutions, who runs our kitchen, our dietary, laundry and housekeeping, and they donated a bike,” she said.
There were three winners of the bikes up for grabs during the event. Braily Prouse won the bike for the oldest age group, Eric Harris won for the middle age group and Peyton Lawlyes won for the youngest age group. All the winners got to take their winnings home with them after the egg hunt.
“We had 6,000 eggs. So that’s 2,000 per age group. It was a lot,” Woolbeight said. “Watching the little kids and the ones who won bikes. That’s probably the best part.”