Community Members of All Ages Participate in Easter Egg Hunt

On Saturday, April 8, Prevention and Recovery held its annual Easter Egg hunt event for ages 0 to 60 and older.

The event featured two bounce houses, face painting, snow cones and a petting zoo. There were also plenty of treats to go around and pictures to be taken.

Prevention and Recovery Outpatient Site Supervisor Adrianne Roughface coordinated the event and said they went above and beyond to make the Easter Egg Hunt bigger.

“Everything that we do is grant funded, so providing the safe and sober community event that all families can come to is really important to our whole program, to the staff, and we all came together for this event,” she said.

Roughface said the event was a group effort from the staff to create a safe environment.

“Being able to provide that safe and sober environment is what we do and the staff at Prevention and Recovery, almost a staff of 40, helped put this all together and everybody did a wonderful job,” she said.

Roughface said they anticipated about 1,000 people to attend the event.

“I'm really excited, a tad bit nervous, but I just want everything to run smoothly,” she said.

Roughface said Prevention and Recovery offers several services to the community.

“We do mental health counseling, substance abuse, batters intervention, anybody who's seeking treatment, whether it's inpatient, outpatient, we provide the services and we don't just help Comanche tribal members, we help the entire community,” she said.

Roughface said the entire event was a highlight because the staff, clients and other organizations were involved in sponsoring the event.

Comanche Nation Chairman Mark Woommavovah attended the event, as well as Comanche Nation Jr. Princess Vivien Parker and Comanche Nation Princess McKenzi Sovo.

The event was free and open to the public and featured over 14,000 eggs and over $10,000 worth of prizes, including bikes, toys and TVs.