Miami Lakes’ Spring Fling Easter Egg Hunt

     More than 3,500 people attended Miami Lakes Spring Fling and Easter Egg Hunt on April 19 at Veterans Park. Kids of all ages and sizes ran to get some of the 30,000 eggs filled with Smarties candy and fruit rolls. 

     Presented by the town’s Youth Activities Task Force, 44 volunteers helped run the event. Barbara Goleman Senior High School juniors Angie Gallardo and Samantha Dominguez appeared in Easter Bunny costumes, Task Force Chair Brian Rodriguez said. 

     The kids could play Laser Tag; bowl; get their faces painted; ride ponies; visit animals in a petting zoo; pose in a photo booth, eat from food trucks and take lessons from instructors with the Baila Con Micho Dance Academy.

     Sponsors included Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital and Memorial Healthcare System; Miami Lakes AutoMall; Prestige Windows & Doors; Bite Pediatric Dentistry of Miami Lakes; Specialty Smiles 

Orthodontics; Main Street Children’s Dentistry & Orthodontics and The Graham Companies.