Popcorn, cotton candy and other refreshments were available to participants in the 30th annual Great Falls Spring Festival at the Village Green. Photo by Ryan Dunn.
The Adeler Jewelers and Great Falls Optimist Club join forces with the Great Falls community to host the 31st annual Children’s Spring Festival on Sunday, March 29, 1:30-4:30 p.m. at the Village Centre.
Welcoming the community to the Great Falls Egg Hunt 2015, Jorge Adeler, of the Adeler Jewelers, said:
“Thirty years ago we invited children of the community to a small ‘Egg Hunt’ to show our gratitude to Great Falls for making us feel so welcome when we decided to open our doors in the Village Centre. Thirty-one amazing years later, and eventually with the wonderful partnership of the Optimist Club and the support of many, many local businesses, friends and neighbors, this event has become a tradition of this community.”
The program of this year’s Children’s Spring Festival includes games, rides, food and fun, culminating with the Egg Hunt from 4-4:30 p.m. with more than $8,000 worth of gemstones donated by Adeler Jewelers, mixed with candy and stuffed into 8,000 plastic eggs that will be scattered around Village Centre for children ages 1-10 to find.
TK Cook, president of the Great Falls Optimist Club, said the event has become a family tradition in Great Falls:
“It is not unusual to see parents that previously participated as children now enjoying the festival with their children. We hope some day they may bring their grandchildren.”