An Easter Bunny costume has taken the Weyburn Humane Society's fundraising to the next level.

They were able to use it for photos during their first annual Egg My Yard event held over Easter, and the weekend prior, at a bake sale.

"We had 16 bunny visits where the Easter Bunny went out and took pictures with the children and adults," shared Fundraising Committee Chair, Korryn Kubashek. "It was a huge success, we said, 'bring your kids', but really the fundraiser was for all ages. There were smiles had, and I think we only had two little ones cry. And we even had some pictures with some puppy dogs."

She said it was a surprisingly huge success for the shelter, "and it's definitely going to be an annual event we do." 

"It went above our expectations for the year. Might have to have more than one bunny next year, I'm thinking, but it was a fantastic event. Many laughs, memories, seeing the pictures on Facebook of the kids. It was well worth it." 

During the pre-Easter bake sale at the Metro Centre Mall on April 1st, they had 22 people pay the donation fee for a photo with the Easter Bunny.

"We sold T-shirts, mini donuts, baking, and the response was just over and above. We just can't thank the community of Weyburn for coming out and supporting the Weyburn Humane Society," she said.

"It's so nice to see people come out, smiling, having fun. We had young and old take pictures. We even had some goats come in and get some pictures with the Easter Bunny. It was another successful event and there will be another bake sale in the future to come."

The WHS hosts bake sales several times throughout the year.

"We bring in a pretty good profit off of our bake sales and we couldn't do it without our volunteers. It's an event that we can throw together and have fun at, and showcase and bring knowledge about the animal shelter in the city and promote our animals, hoping for them to be getting adopted, and just all around a good time for the day that we have the bake sale."

JAMS donated to the WHS a mini-donut maker, which was used for the first time for the most recent bake sale.

"I think there was over $200 worth sold of mini donuts just with that one event, so we're looking to grow on top of that and have more out there," Kubashek noted. "Looking forward to other events in the city that we will be bringing the machine out to be selling our mini donuts"

All the funds from these bake sales, and the sale of the mini donuts, go toward keeping the shelter operating.

Read more HERE about the WHS's many volunteer opportunities and how you can stay in the loop for helping with events or even baking for the bake sales.

Read more at the related article link below to learn about the Poop Scoop fundraiser to help dog owners out with cleaning their yards HERE.

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