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Each spring, the Foxboro Jaycees host their free Easter Egg Hunt on Foxboro Common.

We spread between 2000 and 3000 plastic eggs on the common to be found and enjoyed by the kids – but first those eggs need to be stuffed!

So each year before the hunt we gather at a Jaycee house and start our Easter Egg assembly line.

The task is simple:

• Enjoy laughs with Jaycee friends
• Place a few wrapped candies in a plastic egg
• Close the egg
• Place it in a box
• Repeat 2000-3000 times

Like fruit baskets, more hands mean the job gets done faster. Generally this is a task we complete in about 90 minutes – two hours and it really is a lot of fun.

We appreciate any help anyone can offer.

The 2010 Easter Egg stuffing party will be at the Fisler House at 7:30pm on Thursday March 25. Please come if you can help even for a little while!

The annual Easter Egg Hunt will be Saturday, March 27, 2010 on Foxboro Common.

Each spring, right before Easter, the Foxboro Jaycees fill over 2000 (yes, two thousand!) plastic eggs with candy and scatter them across Foxboro Common. On that morning, approximately 300 children race to collect as many eggs as they can. We have four hunts separated by age group (1-3 years), (4-5 years), (6-7 years) and (8-10) years to make it fair, and it’s not really a “hunt” because the thousands of eggs are everywhere so everyone gets a good bounty of goodies!

The kids then have a meet and greet with the Easter bunny and get their picture taken. The entire event is free, sponsored by the Jaycees and is one of our most popular traditions.

CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES FROM THE 2009 HUNT

The following article is from the Foxboro Reporter:

Rabbit Run: Easter egg hunt a success
Jaycees event draws more than 300
Published: [Foxboro Reporter] Thursday, April 9, 2009 11:15 AM EDT
Photos and story by Sarah McMahon

Despite the windy, chilly and occasionally drizzly conditions Saturday morning, more than 300 youngsters descended on the Common for the Foxboro Jaycees’ annual Easter Egg Hunt.

There were hundreds of plastic eggs, filled with all kinds of candy, laid out on the grass for children ages 1 to 9 to collect. Young ones gathered their goodies with innocent excitement in their eyes, as the timed “hunt” was divided among different age groups.

The Foxboro Jaycees also had their own cuddly Easter Bunny, who posed for free photos with children and parents after the mad dash for the eggs.

[Photos and story by Sarah McMahon]

Foxboro Jaycees Family Day Out

Join the Foxboro Jaycees for this fun outing! Bring the family! Bring a friend!

Sunday, March 28

4:05pm (meet at 3:45pm at Will Call)
Dunkin’ Donuts Arena in Providence, RI

Providence Bruins (http://www.providencebruins.com)

(http://www.providencebruins.com/View/Tickets/Directions)

$13 per ticket (regular price $26)

Please contact Vanessa Linke by phone nessylink@hotmail.com by Monday (3/15/10) if you are interested.

Birthday Wishes mission is simple: “To bring birthday parties to homeless children. Birthday Wishes recognizes the importance of a birthday in a child’s life and believes that the gift of a birthday celebration provides normalcy, joy and hope in these children’s otherwise unsettled lives. Their grassroots philosophy fosters the spirit of volunteerism and community service in the adults, children and families who donate their time and resources to their mission.”

On March 20,2010 the Foxboro Jaycees and some of their children and friends helped this terrific organization with wrapping presents and other tasks to help make children’s dreams come true.

Click here for pictures

Birthday Wishes Web Site

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Trivia Night at the Foxboro Piccadilly Pub will be Monday night, April 12. Meet at 6pm for appetizers; trivia starts at 7. This is a relaxing and very fun evening as we get to see which of us stores the most useless knowledge. There are a lot of laughs and team Jaycee has won twice. Join us for the fun!

Click here for more information about Jaycee Trivia Night

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The March Wise Fox reports have been updated!

March Birthdays — if you see these Jaycees during March, be sure to wish them a happy birthday!

• Nate Emery
• Dave Fisler
• Lynn Freerksen
• Ed Groh
• Max Loew
• Cindy McCann
• Martha Slattery
• Jeanne Suttie
• Tom Whiffen

Congratulations to the following Jaycees who celebrate their membership anniversaries this month:

• Bill Byrnes: 31 years
• Cheryl Cushman: 18 years
• Dave Fisler: 12 years
• Keith Magovern: 1 year
• Linda Magovern: 5 years
• Nancy Rivera: 1 year
• Martha Slattery: 2 years
• James Slattery: 2 years

Dear Friends at Foxboro Jaycees,

It’s time for the Foxboro Lions Club’s last bottle & can drive of the season. This one is on Saturday, April 10 and it will benefit the Foxboro Discretionary Fund. Would you please help us spread the word and include the following information on your website? Foxboro Lions Club Bottle & Can Drive on Saturday, April 10, 2010. All proceeds to benefit the Foxboro Discretionary Fund. Please place returnable bottles & cans at curbside by 9:00 a.m. or you may bring them to the Town Hall parking lot until 11:30 a.m. that day.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

Join the Foxboro Jaycees to help raise money for Youth Scholarships!

Join us at the McGinty Room in the Public Safety Building on April 17, 2010 for a day long scrapbooking event!

Please plan on bringing your own lunch. We will have menus for local restaurants for those who would like to order.

We will have GREAT door prizes to give away, plus lots of little raffles all day long!

Call or email to reserve your spot!
$25 for all day session (9am – 5pm)
OR
$15 for half day session (am or pm)

Contact:
Monica Fisler: (by phone) or mjoshi04@comcast.net

Next meeting:
March 17th, Wednesday, 8:00 pm
Host- March 17th, 8:00 pm, Wednesday
Hosted by Nancy Williams and her Joe.
Cleopatra’s daughter by Michelle Moran

Wed, April 21st Book Club (8:00-10pm)
Hosted by Laureen House
Book: Non-Fiction “An Unquiet Mind” by Kay Redfield Jamison
This is described as a memoir, an observation and portrayal of manic-depression by a professor of psychiatry and world authority on the illness with which she herself has struggled since adolescence.

You can help the community service works of the Jaycees. For the first time, we are offering advertisements on the front page of our web site.

CLICK HERE for details!

Wednesday April 14, 2010 at 8:00pm!

On the second Wednesday of every month, the Foxboro Jaycees membership meets to discuss chapter business. We hear reports from the President, area vice presidents, treasurer, donations director, dues director, and secretary. We eat, we socialize, we get business done. Please join us!

CLICK HERE for a typical meeting agenda

Directions (Click here for Google Maps Page)

From Foxboro Center:

Drive around Foxboro Common making almost a complete circle (passing the old fire station, Bank of America) and take a right onto South Street. Take South Street exactly 2.3 miles and you will come to the intersection of North Grove and South Streets. The South Foxboro Community Center is the green and brown building on the left.

From Route 95 North and South:

Take Exit 7B, Route 140 North, Central Street. Continue on Route 140 North approximately 1 1/2 miles to Foxboro Common. Drive around Foxboro Common making almost a complete circle (passing the old fire station, Bank of America) and take a right onto South Street. Take South Street exactly 2.3 miles and you will come to the intersection of North Grove and South Streets. The South Foxboro Community Center is the green and brown building on the left.

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