Easter may be a Christian holiday, but the Easter Bunny showed he’s open to all faiths when he staged a holiday egg hunt at the Child Protection and Development Center in Huay Yai.
Started three years ago, the event, sponsored each year with 5,000 baht by Pattaya Blatt Editor Elfi Seitz, allowed CPDC children and those from outside to enjoy the fun. This year, they were joined by the Rotary Club of Phoenix-Pattaya whose president, Otmar Deter, also chipped in 5,000 baht.
Back row (L to R) Siegfried Borchert, Margaret and Dr. Otmar Deter, Rachada Chomjinda, Elfi Seitz, Trutz Fiddikow, and Horst Muller pose with the children for the ceremonial handover of funds.
Deter, his wife Margret, and Rotarians Trutz Fiddikow and Siegfried Borchert all played the part of the egg-laying rabbit.
German tourists Esther Sirilak Wenzel and her father Dieter Wenzel also participated. Esther was adopted from the Pattaya Orphanage by her German parents about eight years ago and she was happy to visit her old home again.
Human Help Network Thailand Director Radchada Chomjinda prepared the scene, with “Happy Easter” written on the stage backdrop and a huge Easter egg placed there as well, painted by a teacher and the kids.
The hunt is on … and was so much fun, all the children are hoping there will be another Easter egg hunt next year!
Sixty kids from the center and another 40 from other homes joined the fun. After being welcomed by Radchada and Seitz, they ran around in the huge field to hunt for Easter eggs and other goodies.
Each child and some adults drew a number and received a gift. After the hunt, everyone was hungry and plenty of food was prepared for all.
The children thanked their sponsors and many asked if there will be another Easter egg hunt next year, which of course there will be.
