Easter Bunny stops by Wantagh-Levittown Volunteer Ambulance Corps

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The first weekend of April was obviously a busy one for the Easter Bunny, but Peter Cottontail made some time to hop by the Wantagh-Levittown Volunteer Ambulance Corps.

Local children on Saturday were able to have their pictures taken, from a safe social distance, with the Easter Bunny and participate in many activities including an Easter egg hunt, adding their hand print onto posters that will be donated to senior care facilities, blowing bubbles and even getting to see what the inside of an ambulance looks like.

Juliana Ghisone said she enjoyed seeing the Easter Bunny and was looking forward to getting her Easter Basket the following Sunday.

“I think this is a nice event for the community,” said her mother Kristen Ghisone. “They posted for people to come, so it’s just a fun, little event for them.”

Another parent named David Lavine said that the event was fun and was a great chance to get out of the house.

After responding to over 1,000 Covid-19 related calls throughout the pandemic, this event helped bring everyone’s spirits back up, said Irene Sabatasso of the Wantagh-Levittown Volunteer Ambulance Corp.

“We have a lot of safety regulations and everyone has really been complying,” she said. “We have had such a steady amount of kids. It’s been a year that we haven’t been able to do much so we wanted to take an opportunity to provide a safe environment and it’s Easter and it’s getting back to normal, so what better way to celebrate than with the Easter Bunny?”

The EMS First Deputy Chief Chris Mcguire added that events like this are a positive way to connect with the community they serve.

“It’s a huge success,” Mcguire said. “With the pandemic going on, we have been trying to get the community involved, get people out of their homes and trying to bring back the camaraderie of what we used to have.”