A fire truck siren will be sounded at exactly noon Saturday, April 16, for Hennessey’s annual Easter Egg Hunt at Bull Foot Park, said Shelley Burch of the Hennessey Reserve Police Angels.

There will be 4,000 eggs this year and students, parents and others have volunteered to stuff them with goodies, she said.

Age groups

There are four age groups this year: 1 and 2-year olds; 3 and 4-year-olds; 5-7 year olds and ages 8 and up.

As usual, parents, grandparents and others over the age groups will not be allowed to help children in the roped off hunt areas.

Easter Bunny

Burch said Monday they’d ordered a bunny costume and it should be in Wednesday.

That way an Easter Bunny will be there for photos with the kids, she said.

Donate empty eggs after hunt

Parents who want to donate their empty eggs after the hunt may take them by Hennessey’s Town Hall at First and Main streets, she said.

Burch may be contacted at town hall (404-853-2416, or at 405-699-1025).

Lioness Club unable to conduct hunt

This will truly be a community event because of all the help received, said Burch.

She found out over the weekend the Lioness Club members would not be able to stage the event this year.

That’s when she said she decided the children needed one and sent texts Sunday to other civic groups, clubs, businesses and individuals asking for donations.

The response was fantastic, Burch said.

Lioness Club’s future

Lioness Scooter Thompson told the KT&FP Monday afternoon that Lioness members would meet that night to decide if they would continue that organization.

Thompson has coordinated the annual Easter Egg hunt for many years.

The Hennessey Lioness Club applied to Lions International in October 1976 to become a club.

After approval, one of the group’s first projects was to raise money for a water fountain in the shape of a Lion that they had placed in Bull Foot Park.

They had floats in Pat Hennessey parades after Hennessey Celebration Inc. brought the 1930-40s events back to life in 1981.

The Lioness Club also had food booths at events, staged skits at the Frontier Follies during those celebrations and then hosted the community-wide Easter egg hunts at Bull Foot Park for more than 30 years.