A Pennsylvania volunteer fire company says it has been forced to cancel this year’s Easter egg hunt for children because of the behavior of ‘unruly’ parents in previous years.
The Norco Fire Company in North Coventry Township announced on its Facebook page that the annual children’s event will not be held this year.
Deputy Chief Chuck Hipple said there has been a recurring problem of some parents running onto the field despite having been told not to and posing a danger to children.
He claimed that it was not the majority of people, but a few people ‘just can’t seem to let the kids have fun’.
One of the Easter holiday’s most kid-friendly festivities, the egg hunt, has been canceled in one Pennsylvania town for an unusual reason: unruly parents
The Norco Fire Company has announced it is canceling its upcoming Easter egg hunt, an annual tradition that stretches back decades (pictured, the hunt from 2014)
Parents were asked to stand back and let their kids enjoy trying to spot and collect the hidden, brightly colored plastic eggs but the request has been hard for many parents to follow
‘We have received numerous messages regarding our Annual Easter Egg Hunt. Unfortunately, due to the past years unruly crowds, we will not be having the egg hunt this year,’ read the message online.
‘We know that the majority of our community is not the problem, but we can’t risk injury to children because certain individuals can’t control themselves. We are hoping to try again at some point!’
A number of posters were understanding of the about the cancellation but some also wrote that they had attended the event in the past and didn’t think anyone got out of hand.
‘They go in there and they push and shove,’ said Hipple to the . ‘It turns into such a liability for us.’
The volunteer fire company spends about $500 a year to put on the egg hunt and say they can’t afford the possibility of someone getting hurt and suing
Shelling out a few hundred dollars for an egg hunt where parents are getting rowdy simply is not a good move for the company which is looking to spend the money on a new fire truck
Hipple said that parents are asked to stand back and let their kids enjoy trying to spot and collect the hidden, brightly colored plastic eggs. ‘Unfortunately, that request has been hard for many parents to follow,’ he noted.
‘There’s a lack of cooperation from a lot of the parents,’ Hipple said. ‘Everybody just runs out there and they knock people over. That’s just not the way we’re going to run it.’
Hipple said the volunteer fire company spends about $500 a year to put on the egg hunt and can’t afford the possibility of someone getting hurt and roxycodone suing. It also intends to put the money that it would have spent towards a new fire truck.
Officials say they hope to try again next year to hold a similar event in the township near Pottstown, 40 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
The deputy fire chief has said that he hopes the hunt only disappears for one year and that a a kinder, gentler, more responsible version will return in 2018 (pictured, the egg hunt in 2014)
