Nothing says spring for children like an Easter egg hunt.

Children took in the spring weather as they searched the lawn in front of Dallas Hall for colorful eggs on Wednesday afternoon.

This year is the second egg hunt hosted at SMU. Last year, Omega Psi Phi fraternity organized the event, while this year they partnered with Interfraternity Council, making the event even bigger.

Organization of the event began on Tuesday night at the Hughes-Trigg Student Center.
Representatives from IFC, Multicultural Greek Council, National Panhellenic Council and other Panhellenic councils gathered to stuff 3,000 Easter eggs that were later hidden on Dallas Hall’s lawn.

Junior and vice president of new member education and community service for IFC Jake Torres said, “It was amazing to see all of the different organizations working on a single project that will benefit such a diverse community.”

The organizations invited this year were Dallas Community Lighthouse and Trinity River Mission. They both offer after-school programming to low-income students in South Dallas.

 “The students that are coming for this Easter egg hunt, come from areas that don’t often have the resources to host an event such as this,” Torres said. “Also, this is exposing these students to the SMU campus that will hopefully increase their interest in college.”

Both Dallas Community Lighthouse and Trinity River Mission focus on the importance of education to at-risk youth. Since Omega Psi Phi partnered with IFC this year, more SMU students were involved so more children were invited.

Individuals from these organizations came at 4:30 p.m. yesterday with garbage bags filled with plastic Easter eggs.

Dallas Hall’s lawn was covered with spots of pink, yellow, orange, green and blue. Easter eggs could be found in flowerbeds, bushes by Umphrey Lee, under benches and scattered Nothing says spring for children like an Easter egg hunt.

Children took in the spring weather as they searched the lawn in front of Dallas Hall for colorful eggs on Wednesday afternoon.

This year is the second egg hunt hosted at SMU. Last year, Omega Psi Phi fraternity organized the event, while this year they partnered with Interfraternity Council, making the event even bigger.

Organization of the event began on Tuesday night at the Hughes-Trigg Student Center.
Representatives from IFC, Multicultural Greek Council, National Panhellenic Council and other Panhellenic councils gathered to stuff 3,000 Easter eggs that were later hidden on Dallas Hall’s lawn.

Junior and vice president of new member education and community service for IFC Jake Torres said, “It was amazing to see all of the different organizations working on a single project that will benefit such a diverse community.”

The organizations invited this year were Dallas Community Lighthouse and Trinity River Mission. They both offer after-school programming to low-income students in South Dallas.

“The students that are coming for this Easter egg hunt, come from areas that don’t often have the resources to host an event such as this,” Torres said. “Also, this is exposing these students to the SMU campus that will hopefully increase their interest in college.”

Both Dallas Community Lighthouse and Trinity River Mission focus on the importance of education to at-risk youth. Since Omega Psi Phi partnered with IFC this year, more SMU students were involved so more children were invited.

Individuals from these organizations came at 4:30 p.m. yesterday with garbage bags filled with plastic Easter eggs.

Dallas Hall’s lawn was covered with spots of pink, yellow, orange, green and blue. Easter eggs could be found in flowerbeds, bushes by Umphrey Lee, under benches and scattered across the grass.

Excited screams could be heard from Clements where nearly 300 children anxiously waited for the hunt to begin. Every child received a brightly-colored bucket for his or her Easter egg.

Volunteers led the children to sit around Dallas Hall’s lawn before the countdown that would set them free to gather the eggs began.

Music played and drinks were provided at the event on the sunny, but windy day.
This was an opportunity for children in South and West Dallas to enjoy a carefree spring afternoon on SMU’s campus.

Giving back to the community is very important to the organizations involved in the event, according to Torres.

“Omega Psi Phi and each of the IFC fraternities are value-based organizations,” Torres said. “Giving back to our community gives our members the opportunity to connect with groups from outside of SMU and is a huge part of the fraternity experience.”