{"id":40962,"date":"2023-03-21T07:58:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T11:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=40962"},"modified":"2023-03-21T07:58:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T11:58:16","slug":"batavia-the-easter-bunny-is-hopping-to-town-on-april-1st-no-fooling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/batavia-the-easter-bunny-is-hopping-to-town-on-april-1st-no-fooling\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/The Easter Bunny is hopping to town on April 1st, no fooling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-attachment-id=\"40964\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/batavia-the-easter-bunny-is-hopping-to-town-on-april-1st-no-fooling\/fb_img_1679350074707\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/FB_IMG_1679350074707.jpg?fit=1080%2C608&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,608\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"FB_IMG_1679350074707\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/FB_IMG_1679350074707.jpg?fit=900%2C506&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/FB_IMG_1679350074707.jpg?resize=900%2C506&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/FB_IMG_1679350074707.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/FB_IMG_1679350074707.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/FB_IMG_1679350074707.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/FB_IMG_1679350074707.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/FB_IMG_1679350074707.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The BDC\u2019s Indoor Market venture has partnered with Rev. Roula and her team at the First Presbyterian Church to offer two sites of fun on April 1<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;with the Easter Bunny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the First Presbyterian Church (FPC), children will enjoy participating in the Church\u2019s annual Easter egg hunt and have brunch with the Easter Bunny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inside the City Centre Concourse, families will find face painting, a coloring contest, multiple games, popcorn and a bounce house. The Indoor Market vendors will be set up and the Easter Bunny has plans of taking pictures with folks, playing games and hopefully not spending too much time in the bounce house (especially after eating brunch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Indoor Market vendors have put together a basket and will be raffling it off live on Facebook at 1pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Entry tickets and additional details will be available on the 1<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;at the market info table in the City Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both sites will offer a passport for children to find specific Easter Bunny helpers to obtain stamps on their passport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each stamp earns the child an entry ticket for a chance to win an Adam Miller gift certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Easter Bunny Fun starts at 11am at both venues and ends at 12:30pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Games. Candy. Bounce House. And Brunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A recipe for a fantastically fun Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release The BDC\u2019s Indoor Market venture has partnered with Rev. Roula and her team at the First Presbyterian Church to offer two sites of fun on April 1st&nbsp;with the Easter Bunny. At the First Presbyterian Church (FPC), children will enjoy participating in the Church\u2019s annual Easter egg hunt and \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/batavia-the-easter-bunny-is-hopping-to-town-on-april-1st-no-fooling\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[3567,3296,3568],"class_list":["post-40962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","tag-easter-bunny","tag-first-presbyterian-church","tag-indoor-market"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-aEG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63441,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/batavia-annual-kiwanis-easter-egg-hunt-planned-for-saturday-april-19th-at-centennial-park\/","url_meta":{"origin":40962,"position":0},"title":"BATAVIA\/Annual Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt planned for Saturday April 19th at Centennial Park","author":"aka","date":"April 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The daily hidden Golden Easter Egg at Centennial Park, starts this Friday, April 11th (Provided information and photos) The annual Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt is planned for Saturday, April 19th\u00a0at 9:00a.m. sharp at Centennial Park.\u00a0 Over 5,000 eggs will be hidden in the park, spread out over three age groups,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Genesee County&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Genesee County","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/genesee-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_2014-1-scaled.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_2014-1-scaled.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_2014-1-scaled.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_2014-1-scaled.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24243,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/04\/03\/batavia-kiwanis-club-awards-golden-egg-finders-with-chocolate-easter-bunnies-at-centennial-park\/","url_meta":{"origin":40962,"position":1},"title":"BATAVIA\/Kiwanis Club awards &#8220;Golden Egg&#8221; finders with chocolate Easter bunnies at Centennial Park","author":"aka","date":"April 3, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qinfmFLrVfk Kiwanis \"Golden Easter Egg Hunt\" winners gathered at Centennial Park in Batavia on Saturday morning to turn in their golden eggs for a chocolate Easter bunny from Oliver's Candy store. 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