Easter bunny visits downtown Frankfort

FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — This afternoon, the Easter Bunny hopped into downtown Frankfort to the Most important Avenue Diner, the place he visited households and gave items to youngsters.

Shannon Griffith and Sandra Gunnell have despatched the bunny all throughout Frankfort for the previous 4 years. It started throughout the pandemic when the governor declared the Easter Bunny important personnel.

Since then, bunny visits have taken off.

“I wish to study all of the completely different youngsters and the way they work together with the bunny,” Gunnell mentioned. “Some love him, some are leery. After which I’ve acquired my little bunny to make the infants smile, that appears to do the trick.”

Griffith and her enterprise, Blissful Trails LLC, provide occasions and home visits freed from cost. Gunnell travels with the bunny to help the individual within the costume at appearances.

Gunnell mentioned, “I first met [Shannon] right here just a few years in the past. When she began doing all these items round city, I used to be like, ‘do you receives a commission for these items?’ and he or she was like, ‘no, I simply do it as a result of I am blessed and I need to share my blessings.’”

The general public setting at Most important Avenue Diner is a bit completely different from typical journeys. Within the final 4 years, Blissful Trails has despatched their Easter Bunny to see over 500 youngsters with home visits.

“First time doing it within the diner,” Gunnell acknowledged. “Normally we might do residence visits, go round to completely different homes, [and] shock youngsters, [like] ‘the Easter bunny got here to my home’ after which they’ve story to inform, in order that was actually enjoyable.”

For extra info, you may get involved with Blissful Trails by visiting their web site at https://happytrails.llc or discovering their Fb web page. You can even name them at (502) 369-1760 and ask for Shannon.