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The Ypsilanti Jaycees will play host to their annual Easter Egg Hunt and Marshmallow Drop starting at 9 a.m. Saturday at Frog Island Park.
The Jaycees are expecting 300 to 500 children to show up this year for the Easter Bunny and the dropping of over 100 pounds of jumbo-sized marshmallows from a helicopter. The children can redeem the marshmallows they grab for prizes and candy.
This year the Jaycees are asking for a $1 donation per child, or a can of food. The donated food will go to the Ann Arbor-based Food Gatherers to help less fortunate families during the Easter holiday.
According to Kat Dickenson, a member of the Ypsilanti Jaycees, the Jaycees are hoping people will choose to donate food in place of money this year.
“We’ve asked the children to bring canned goods, so it’s teaching the children to give to the needy,” Dickenson said. “We are hoping to get more food than money. If each kid brings one can that’s 500 cans of donated food for Food Gatherers.”
Dickenson said the marshmallow drop was previously sponsored by Ypsilanti Township 16 years ago, but the event was cut due to lack of funding. The Jaycees have run the event themselves for the past six years.
The Jaycees have had to rely on the generosity of others in the community to put on the marshmallow drop year after year. This year, the Jaycees received a $125 dollar donation from Erie Investments to buy an Easter Bunny suit.
Dickenson said it was costing the Jaycees $100 each time they rented a suit from Fantasy Attic Costumes in Depot Town. They decided owning a suit was a better idea for the future.
The biggest cost the Jaycees had this year was $550 to rent a helicopter out of Wayne County to drop the marshmallows for the children.
The Ypsilanti Jaycees have four different levels of sponsorship for those interested in donating to the event, which ends at noon, with the Easter Egg hunt taking place after the marshmallow drop.
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