By Shayla Love

This year, the Easter bunny is hopping to Norwood!

Children won’t have to go farther than the Williamsbridge Oval, as they’ll meet and greet the springtime hare while hunting for bright colored eggs containing candy and treats inside. This first annual Spring Egg Hunt will take place Saturday, April 19 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is sponsored by the Mosholu Preservation Corporation, the Jerome-Gun Hill BID and the city Parks Department.

Karen Pedrosa of Parks has teamed up with MPC and the grassroots group, Friends of the Williamsbridge Oval (FOTWO). FOTWO will help deliver a day of family friendly fun that includes music, carnival games, a potato sack race at noon, and of course a real life Easter bunny.

Well before the friendly hunt, FOTWO distributed fliers around the Norwood neighborhood to get the word out. Hoping to draw a big crowd to the venue, FOTWO also plans to deliver an anti-litter message to help curb the spike in trash that often accumulates in the Oval as temperatures reach a comfortable peak. FOTWO T-shirts will be sold, along with some nifty “sponge-bombs”–water absorbing sponges that are custom-made in the shape of a ball. It’s considered an alternative to water balloons.

Toddlers will get their first crack at the hunt, beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a hunt slated for 1:30 p.m., for children six to 11.

The event will take place rain or shine.