15,000 Easter eggs get scooped up fast in Albion

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – These kids take off for the Easter egg hunt around noon today at the Courthouse lawn in Albion. The Royal Body Shop Outreach Ministries organized the event for the fourth year.

About 400 to 500 kids were at today’s egg hunt. They were separated into three age groups: (1-5), (6-9) and (10-14).

For the second straight year Ben Rowcliffe, 9, of Medina got a golden egg. Inside was a ticket for a free bike. There were two golden eggs in each age group.

These younger kids hunt for eggs. Since the Royal Body Shop Outreach Ministries started the egg hunt in 2022, it has grown from 3,000 the first year to 10,000 in 2023, 12,000 last year and now 15,000.

Pastor Al Wilson said Royal Body Shop Outreach Ministries wants to be a blessing to the community, “sharing the love of Jesus.”

Colt Tumia, 8, of Albion gets a Pokémon ball painted on his face by Candace Casey.

Divina Cifunetes of Batavia, 5, was happy to meet the Easter Bunny. (Rose Friedl was in the costume as the Easter Bunny.)

These kids are happy with the eggs they collected. Students from the Iroquois Job Corps spread out the eggs on the courthouse lawn. Within minutes they were all scooped up.

The Masonic Lodge in Albion served 500 hot dogs and about 120 pounds of French fries of free. Shown here cooking are Steve Pawlak in front with the hot dogs and Markus Ruffin in back with the fries.

The Albion Lions Club and Rotary Club also both contributed $300 towards the Easter baskets.

The Easter Bunny visited and greeted Lori Laine, who was at the event with her grandchildren.

Carlitos Lopez, a barber with the Barber Republic in Brockport, gives Gio Ristuccia, 4, of Rochester a haircut. Four barbers were on site giving free haircuts, up from two last year when the lines were long to get a hair cut.

Tony Greene, a barber from Brockport, gives Sebastian Vallejo Morales, 7, of Albion a haircut.