A packed parking lot, a field full of families and an assortment of plastic eggs was the sight to see at Cambridge’s Fountain Street Soccer Complex on Saturday.
As Waterloo Region geared up for Easter weekend, hundreds of kids ages two to 10, along with their families, lined up in anticipation to collect dozens of eggs, dropped from a helicopter.
“We had 25,000 eggs come out of a helicopter and onto the field,” said Beth Ann Prince, WFCU Credit Union community investment manager. “We had 800 kids collect the eggs. It was very, very exciting.”
The egg drop was a part of the credit union’s Inspire Program, an initiative that Prince said aims to educate, inspire and entertain the communities they have a partnership with.
The event has run annually for the past few years in Windsor and the Town of LaSalle, Ont. This was the first time it had visited Cambridge.
“The response was incredible,” said Prince. “We posted it and within 24 hours we sold out of all 800 spots.”
Jennifer Bell was one of the parents who brought her two kids to the egg drop after reading about the event on Facebook.
“This is our first time and, honestly, it was so much fun,” said Bell. “I really hope they do it next year.”
Tammy and Timmy Gopaul’s mom brought them to the event all the way from Brampton. It was the kids’ first time in the city.
“She was first looking at her emails and then, all of a sudden, she saw…there’s going to be an egg drop happening in Cambridge,” said Tammy. “My mom really loves Easter. So, she booked us and we’re going now.”
Tammy said she had a goal of collecting 1,000 eggs in her bucket after the helicopter dropped the eggs. Her younger brother Timmy, however, said he wanted to be a little more realistic and settled for a goal of 900 eggs.
Giorgia Schito also came to the event with her parents.
“My mother told me [about it],” said Schito. “She said there’s an egg drop where a bunch of kids are going to be running in the field and getting eggs and I’m like ‘okay, I’m up for candy.‘”
Each kid received their own blue tote bag to collect their eggs, in which they could trade in for a chocolate bunny and an activity book.
