WASHINGTON
– The President and First Lady announced today that the South Lawn of
the White House will be opened up for children 13 years and younger and
their families on Monday,
March 28th for the 2016 White House Easter Egg Roll. This
will be the final Easter Egg Roll of the Obama Administration, and will
feature live music, sport courts, cooking stations, storytelling and, of
course, Easter egg rolling. In honor of the
First Lady’s Let’s Move! initiative, this year’s event will also include the first-ever White House Fun Run.
White House Easter Egg Roll tickets can be requested through an online lottery which opens today, Friday, February 12,
at 12:00 PM EST and closes on Wednesday, February 17, at 12:00 PM EST. Winners will be notified at a later date; tickets are free of charge and cannot be sold. To enter the lottery, please visit
www.recreation.gov.
To
honor the final Easter Egg Roll of the Obama Administration, this
year’s theme will be “Let’s Celebrate,” and will feature aspects of
First Lady Michelle Obama’s initiatives,
as well as the contributions the Obama Administration has made to the
Easter Egg Roll.
In honor of the First Lady’s
Let’s Move! initiative, this year’s event will also include the first-ever White House Fun Run.
This
year’s White House Easter Egg Roll features five souvenir eggs,
designed by graphic designer and blogger Joy Cho. The collection
features four colored eggs with stamped
signatures of the President and First Lady on the back, and one gold
“Bo and Sunny” egg, with stamped “signatures” and “paw prints” of Bo and
Sunny on the back.
The
National Park Foundation (NPF), the official charity of America’s
national parks, produces and sells the commemorative White House Easter
eggs. Each child 13 years and
younger who attends the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn,
which sits on President’s Park, will also receive a souvenir egg.
To place your order for the full collection of 2016 White House Easter Egg (all 5 eggs), please visit
easter.nationalparks.org.
2016 SOUVENIR POSTER DESIGN CONTEST
The
White House invites all elementary and middle school students to submit
original artwork related to this year’s theme for the 2016 Easter Egg
Roll Design Contest. The First
Lady will select the winning designs, which will be used as a part of
the White House 2016 Easter Egg Roll program and souvenir poster.
Submissions for the contest will be accepted starting
today, Friday February 12th, and will close on Monday, February 22nd, at 12:00 PM EST. Designs should be uploaded to
www.whitehouse.gov/
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For the most up-to-date information on the Easter Egg Roll and other public events at the White House, please visit
www.whitehouse.gov/
Source: The White House, Visitors Office
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