Pre registration is mandatory at the Parks Office by Thursday, April 18. Limited to the first 300 signups. Coloring contest at sign up, colored eggs filled with candy (some with a "special ticket"). Zoned off areas for age groups. Goody bags. Bring your cameras for a picture with the Easter Bunny! Refreshments served. Create your most original "Bunny Ears" for prizes given out before the hunt. Rain site is Dupont Middle School.

April is sexual assault awareness month, and Project New Hope invites Veterans who have experience military sexual trauma, in any form, to a weekend retreat for peace and relaxation, healing therapy, and to enjoy the outdoors with fellow Veterans. This retreat for individual Veterans and/or Couples includes: Kayaking, hiking, biking, campfires, reflexology, acupuncture, reiki, music therapy, art therapy, educational workshops and more. Lindsay M. Amherst, Veterans Service Rep. Military Sexual Trauma Coordinator will be presenting. Register for this retreat today at the link attached below!

Building Bridges Veteran Initiative offer a FREE weekly veterans luncheon in Chicopee.

Building Bridges Veterans Initiative offers a FREE weekly veterans luncheon in Chicopee.

Weekly guitar lessons provided by Nate Custer, classically trained guitarist and counselor at the Springfield Vet Center. Guitars, supplies, and materials provided. Instruction based upon proficiency. Learn the function and care of guitars and basic chord and fingering! This group is currently open to active Springfield Vet Center clients! For more information on Vet Center services call (413) 737-5167. FREE GUITAR AFTER 10 LESSONS

The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) is a nonprofit charity that provides a lifetime of support for veterans of all generations and their families, helping more than 1 million veterans in positive, life-changing ways each year.

Warrior’s Art Room's purpose is to provide veterans and active duty members of the Armed Forces of the United States of America and their immediate families with a location for which they can receive instruction in the creation of art, encouragement to create said art, the display of works created, and to promote the creation of art to the veteran community.

Warrior’s Art Room's purpose is to provide veterans and active duty members of the Armed Forces of the United States of America and their immediate families with a location for which they can receive instruction in the creation of art, encouragement to create said art, the display of works created, and to promote the creation of art to the veteran community.

Building Bridges Veteran Initiative offer a FREE weekly veterans luncheon in Chicopee.

Building Bridges Veterans Initiative offers a FREE weekly veterans luncheon in Chicopee.

Weekly guitar lessons provided by Nate Custer, classically trained guitarist and counselor at the Springfield Vet Center. Guitars, supplies, and materials provided. Instruction based upon proficiency. Learn the function and care of guitars and basic chord and fingering! This group is currently open to active Springfield Vet Center clients! For more information on Vet Center services call (413) 737-5167. FREE GUITAR AFTER 10 LESSONS

Take a 5K, add mud, obstacles, and a platoon of motivated United States Marines and you’ve got the Sgt Joshua D. Desforges Walk/Run Challenge. All proceeds go to the Sgt. Joshua D. Desforges Scholarship fund. Please see link below on how to register!

Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Massachusetts If you do not have base access (military ID) You must rsvp to rsvp@vfwma.org for pre-clearance access. Email your full name, Date of Birth, and Driver’s license number. Collation to follow at the base Club. Loyalty Day is a day set aside for “reaffirmation of loyalty to the United States and for recognition of the heritage of American Freedom.