Eggcellent service

It was over in just a few minutes. More than 1,200 plastic Easter eggs filled with candy were completely swept up by almost 200 excited preschoolers at Mini University, a Wright State University Child Development Center on the Dayton Campus.

“It went really well,” said Britney Leavelle, executive director of Mini University. “A lot of planning for a short amount of time, but it was all worth it.”

Several Wright State University police officers, including Ben Schaefer, stuffed the eggs and then hid them on the Mini U playground.

“This is the type of environment that I would like my son to grow up in,” said Schaefer.

This was the first time Mini U and Wright State’s Department of Public Safety collaborated on an Easter egg hunt. Both hope the event will continue.

Kurt Holden, director of public safety at Wright State, said the egg hunt was a great opportunity for the department to build relationships with little Raiders at Mini University and their parents.

“They are actually seeing the very thing that we love to do and why we chose to do this job,” said Holden. “So, people can come out here and have an egg hunt and feel safe and have fun, and that’s because of the work we do.”