First Lady to Host Fourth Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Governor's Mansion

First Lady to Host Fourth Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Governor’s Mansion

ATLANTA – First Lady Mary Perdue will host the Fourth Annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Governor’s Mansion, tomorrow, Saturday, April 8, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. Patients and families from the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Comprehensive Intensive Rehabilitation Unit (CIRU), Children’s Day Rehab program, Q100’s Bert’s Big Adventure and Camp Sunshine, a program for children with cancer and their families, will join the First Lady in an egg hunt and other activities.

“The Easter Egg Hunt is an event I look forward to each year because it reminds me how exciting this time of year can be for children,” said Mrs. Mary Perdue. “This year we have invited some very special children and their families to share in this wonderful event.”

More than 300 guests are expected at the Governor’s Mansion. Activities will include an Easter egg hunt, egg decorating, face painting, Moonwalk and photographs with the Easter Bunny.

Noted children’s author and illustrator Kevin Luthardt will be on hand to read three of his children’s books, show the guests how a picture book is created and lead them in an interactive art demonstration. Each of the invited children will receive a complimentary signed copy of one of Luthardt’s books.

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